Doctors are resorting to many tests during pregnancy and labour which they have no faith in just to avoid lawsuits. ...
Does a doctor know more about a child's wellbeing than her mother? Can an occasional examination allow him to see things that a mother can't? Does the doctor always know best? ...
We have now reached the point where, on balance, well meaning doctors in general practice and highly trained, well equipped specialists working in hospitals do more harm than good. Through a mixt ...
Last autumn Michelle Huberman, who gave birth to a daughter with Down's syndrome, initiated a £1m lawsuit against her doctor, obstetrician Yehudi Gordon, for allegedly failing to provide her wit ...
As you may have noticed, we've been quoting Stephen Fulder a good deal lately in these pages. Fulder (author of How to be a Healthy Patient; Hodder & Stoughton) advocates a combination of the ...
Doctors helping to deliver a handicapped baby might now be breaking the law. ...
As readers of WDDTY are only too well aware, doctors in the main don't like to be challenged, and they certainly don't like admitting their mistakes.
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Poor diagnosis and the overuse of steroids have caused a rash of severe side effects, leading to malpractice suits. ...
There are 88 reasons why your prescription for drugs could be wrong - sometimes fatally so - while you’re in hospital, researchers have discovered.
