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Common Causes and Risk Factors of Failure to Diagnose Cancer
Failure to diagnose cancer is a legal term used to describe an incident where a medical professional fails to identify and treat cancer in a patient.
Failure to diagnose typically indicates that the patient exhibited visible cancer signs and symptoms, and therefore a cancer diagnosis should have been made–for many patients, failure to diagnose has devastating outcomes.
Generally, successful cancer elimination depends on early diagnosis and treatment–when failure to diagnose cancer occurs, the patient often misses a critical timeframe during which treatment is most effective.
Patients who experience harm from failure to diagnose may be able to recover compensation through a cancer misdiagnosis lawsuit.
A misdiagnosis may happen with regard to any kind of cancer–from breast cancer to colorectal cancer.
One of the particular risks of cancer is the risk that if it is not caught early in the process, it may start spreading through the body and begin to attack organs or tissues that are more challenging to treat or that are more vulnerable–a diagnosis needs to be both timely and accurate.
If you bring a medical malpractice lawsuit either for your own injuries resulting from a failure to diagnose cancer or for a loved one's death, you may need to establish:
- That there was a doctor-patient relationship;
- The doctor failed to act in line with accepted professional standards in failing to diagnose cancer; and,
- The failure to diagnose causes cancer to worsen or resulted in death.
Each element must be established by a preponderance of the evidence.
The team at BostonLegalNetwork.com urges victims of medical malpractice by failure to diagnose cancer to get a free, thorough case evaluation.
What to Do If Your Doctor Fails to Diagnose Your Cancer Condition
Medical malpractice lawsuits may be filed against an individual physician or against the hospital as a whole–hospital negligence directly holds the hospital liable for its own acts of neglect.
Hospitals are expected to have policies and practices in place to avoid any instances of patient neglect–they are also expected to provide a safe and sterile environment for all patients.
Additionally, hospitals are responsible for hiring medical staff with appropriate medical care education, training, and licensing–the hospital may be held legally accountable if a medical staff member does not meet the requirements to practice.
Hospitals may also be held responsible for any personal injury caused by a lack of on-duty medical professionals in order to maintain quality patient care–it is the hospital’s responsibility to ensure there are enough staff members at all times to ensure all patients are safe.
What Should I Do First?
A case evaluation is the first step in filing a medical malpractice lawsuit.
A lawyer may analyze the details of your case to determine whether you are eligible to file a medical malpractice negligence claim.
Case evaluations should be conducted with an experienced medical malpractice law firm–experienced lawyers may build a strong medical malpractice claim and get your family financial compensation to help pay for your treatment.
How Do I File a Medical Malpractice Claim?
Once you get a free consultation from an experienced legal team, they may help you formally file your medical malpractice claim.
Your medical malpractice attorney may take care of all the paperwork and legal heavy lifting to file your claim so you may focus on caring for yourself or your family.
Your lawyer may collect treatment records, medical bills, photographs, imaging test results, and other forms of documentation to file your medical malpractice claim.
A lawyer may work to find enough evidence to make your case as strong as possible.
It is incredibly important to file your medical malpractice claim within your state’s statute of limitations–this law puts a time limit on how long you have to file your lawsuit.
The team at BostonLegalNetwork.com believes that victims of medical malpractice by failure to diagnose cancer should receive the compensation they deserve for damages, injuries, and lost wages.
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