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\nMedical malpractice has no place in any health care system, yet it still happens commonly. Fortunately, there are many things you can do as a patient to prevent medical malpractice and protect yourself and your loved ones. What kinds of things should medical providers do to prevent cases against them? What can they do to make you feel more at ease?<\/p>\n

There are dozens of steps to follow. For example, you should seek information about the procedure ahead of time and talk to the provider about risks. The provider should provide an\u00a0informed consent document<\/a>\u00a0to you after you learn about the treatment, so he or she knows you had your questions answered.<\/p>\n

Beyond that, there are many things you can do to keep yourself safer. Here are three.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Medical malpractice has no place in any health care system, yet it still happens commonly. Fortunately, there are many things you can do as a patient to prevent medical malpractice and protect yourself and your loved ones. What kinds of things should medical providers do to prevent cases against them? What can they do to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-malpractice"],"yoast_head":"\n3 ways to avoid medical malpractice — Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog — October 9, 2017<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Medical malpractice has no place in any health care system, yet it still happens commonly. 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