If you are pregnant it is almost unavoidable that at some point you will worry about the health of your baby both while pregnant and afterwards. While you may follow all your doctor’s recommendations for a safe and healthy pregnancy and labor, if your doctor is...
Patients trust their doctors to make educated and responsible decisions about their health and wellness. After all, doctors go to school for years specifically to learn about how to recognize and treat diseases and disorders in patients and to improve their health....
Your medication is an essential part of your ongoing treatment. It may help you fight illnesses, manage chronic conditions or address symptoms that would otherwise have a significant impact on your life. However, when medical providers are negligent, errors in...
When seeking medical care in South Carolina, people automatically associate it with doctors and nurses. However, it is a chain-like process where others – like physician assistants– are intimately involved with assessment, care and treatment. If anyone makes a...
Nursing home residents have the right to receive quality and individualized care and protection from abuse, neglect, exploitation, and other mistreatment. Knowing the difference between acceptable and substandard care can help determine whether there is nursing home...
Medication errors can have serious consequences for victims. It is important to understand medication errors, how they happen and for victims to be familiar with liability for them if they have been harmed by a medication error. The high cost of medication errors...
Not every form of elder abuse is physical. Emotional, psychological and verbal abuse can also affect the residents of nursing homes and other care facilities. There is one more form of abuse that is far too common, but far less discussed: financial abuse. What to know...
Invasive surgical procedures can expose patients to many different risks. When a patient must undergo an operation to fix a medical problem, they should be informed of the known risks and possible negative outcomes that may result from the operation. Ensuring that...
No one Myrtle Beach wants to hear they have cancer; it can feel like a death sentence. But what may be worse is to be told you do not have cancer only to find out weeks, months or years later that you were misdiagnosed, and you do indeed have cancer. Due to the...
The consequences of medical malpractice can extend for a long period of time and dramatically impact the lives of victims and their families. Victims of medical malpractice should be familiar with the different types of medical malpractice and the legal protections...
