By: AMFS Internal Medicine and Medical Ethics Expert The dramas that swirled in the news regarding two recent cases of brain death – those of Jahi McMath in California and Marlise Munoz in Texas – brought to public attention a subject not used to quite so much public scrutiny. Indeed, cases of brain death happen […]
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California’s Proposition 46 – A Failed Attempt at Undoing the Original Tort ‘Reform’
California’s Proposition 46 was soundly defeated on Nov. 4 with 67 percent of the roughly five million votes cast against. California was the trailblazer in what is now known as ‘Tort Reform’ when its Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) was passed in the mid-1970s in the midst of a medical malpractice insurance premium crisis. […]
Asbestos Related Diseases
Asbestos is a naturally occurring fibrous silicate that was widely used in the past for commercial applications because of its heat-resistance properties. Asbestos exists in several forms. The 2 primary groups of asbestos comprise amphibole and serpentine fibers. Chrysotile (white asbestos) is serpentine and the only form of asbestos that is used commercially at this […]
The Radiologist as Physician Consultant
By: AMFS Board Certified Radiologist Radiologists are physicians who specialize in diagnostic imaging and are specifically trained to be consultants. A radiologist has undergone at least five years of residency training that is equal in time to most surgical training programs including general and orthopedic surgery and longer than many other programs such as emergency […]
Delay in Surgery Leads to Death from Infection
Case Summary The patient underwent a colonoscopy at the defendant facility. Two days post-procedure, the plaintiff presented back at the hospital with severe abdominal pain. The ER physician there diagnosed him with an iatrogenic colon perforation. The surgeon was called and in the interim his care was turned over to a hospitalist. Neither of them reportedly followed up with […]