My daughter, 16, had very bad abdominal pain for a week and we went to the hospital. The doctors there were didn’t do good medicine and I wanted to take my daughter and leave. They wouldn’t let her leave and kept her in the hospital for two days. Can I sue the hospital for not letting me sign the paper work to let her leave?

Each case is specific and generalizations are difficult to make. However, the legal rights of parents refusing medical care revolves around the concept of “life threatening” conditions and “life saving” care. Both of these terms can only be determined by a qualified medical professional and must be in accordance to the of standard and scope… Continue reading My daughter, 16, had very bad abdominal pain for a week and we went to the hospital. The doctors there were didn’t do good medicine and I wanted to take my daughter and leave. They wouldn’t let her leave and kept her in the hospital for two days. Can I sue the hospital for not letting me sign the paper work to let her leave?

I had an infection in my foot and had to stay at the hospital. The doctor at the hospital said my foot needed to be amputated so I had it done. My wife’s friend, who is a podiatrist told me my foot didn’t need to be amputated. Did the doctor commit medical malpractice when he amputated my foot?

Not necessarily. In order for you to establish that medical malpractice has occurred, it must be proven that the physician who amputated your foot deviated from the accepted standard of care. Just because your wife’s friend would not have amputated does not mean the physician deviated from the standard of care. To have a case,… Continue reading I had an infection in my foot and had to stay at the hospital. The doctor at the hospital said my foot needed to be amputated so I had it done. My wife’s friend, who is a podiatrist told me my foot didn’t need to be amputated. Did the doctor commit medical malpractice when he amputated my foot?

Are physicians required to report other physician’s for malpractice?

Physicians have an ethical responsibility to report any eggregious actions, incompetence, or unethical actions to the appropriate authorities.  Note that this ethical responsibility is not necessarily constitute a legal obligation.  But in somc cases (eg: treating patients while intoxicated, falsifying lab results, etc.), the court has found the non-reporting physician guilty of negligence or an accomplice to malpractice.