Medical gaslighting is a pervasive and concerning phenomenon that occurs within healthcare settings, where patients’ concerns, symptoms, or experiences are dismissed, invalidated, or downplayed by medical professionals. The term “gaslighting” originated from a play and subsequent films in which a character manipulates another into doubting their own reality. In the medical context, gaslighting takes on…
Imagine being told that the life of your child is only worth $2.6 million. Our Virginia Beach medical malpractice lawyers understand that the loss of a child is one of the most devastating events that any parent can experience, but when that loss is the result of a hospital medical error or mistake – by…
Medical malpractice takes place when a healthcare provider, such as a physician, medic, or hospital, causes injury to a patient by failing to provide the standard of care expected of those in the medical profession. Medical malpractice cases can be extremely complicated because they deal with issues like misdiagnosis, negligence, prescription errors, surgical errors, and…
What is a Private Autopsy? Private autopsies can play a critical role in wrongful death or medical malpractice cases or claims. Private autopsies are unique in that they are specially requested postmortem examinations used to determine the cause of death conducted by a pathologist rather than an employee from the coroner’s office. A family member…
In the United States, many births take place without complications or trauma. Sadly, about seven out of every 1,000 newborns will be affected by a birth injury. Current statistics provided by the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project show that roughly 158,000 avoidable birth injuries happen every year. How common are birth injuries? If you feel…