Charlotte Physician Negligence Lawyer

North Carolina Doctor Malpractice Attorney

Most family doctors are caring professionals, competent to examine patients and treat common medical conditions. Everyone is capable of making mistakes, and when physicians are over-worked, careless, or simply exercise poor judgment, serious illness and even death can result. Contact a Charlotte physician negligence attorney.

Failure to Refer

Among the most serious mistakes a primary care physician can make is failing to refer a patient to a specialist where appropriate. Whether the physician believes he or she is competent to treat the condition, or for some other reason fails to refer, the best possible care for any particular illness should be extended. This generally means treatment by a specialist in that field.

Failure to Diagnose

Failure to diagnose a disease such as cancer delays treatment. Especially with a progressive and deadly disease, this constitutes malpractice.

Misdiagnosis

"Care" implies diligence and erring on the side of safety. If heart failure is misdiagnosed as indigestion, e.g., the patient may die for lack of appropriate treatment.

Care also requires ordering tests to rule out or identify problems, and careful review of test results, monitoring the condition, treating an infection, and prescribing appropriate medication.

Basic Precautions

A patient's medical history should be gathered. Common conditions such as heart disease and cancer in the patient's family should be noted. Respect for the patient requires that the dangers and risks of any procedure should be communicated to him or her.

Professional Standards

As with virtually all medical malpractice law cases, the standard to which a medical professional is held is what:

• A prudent professional
• Having the same training and experience
• In good standing
• In a same or similar community would practice
• Under the same or similar circumstances

If you or someone you love has suffered aggravated illness due to malpractice by a primary care physician, contact a Charlotte physician negligence attorney at Elam & Rousseaux, P.A.

From our offices in Charlotte, we help clients throughout North Carolina get the proper medical care they need and the financial compensation they deserve. Offering evening and weekend hours in addition to our weekly hours, we are also available to make in-home and hospital visits. Contact a North Carolina doctor malpractice lawyer today for a free initial consultation about your case.

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