{"id":340,"date":"2015-05-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/three-ways-a-patient-can-protect-themselves-from-malpractice\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:28:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:28:08","slug":"three-ways-a-patient-can-protect-themselves-from-malpractice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/three-ways-a-patient-can-protect-themselves-from-malpractice\/","title":{"rendered":"Three ways a patient can protect themselves from malpractice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a number of our posts, we have noted how medical malpractice is one of the leading causes of death in hospitals. Indeed, there is much that can be done on the physician\u2019s side that can prevent such deaths (especially through misdiagnoses), but patients can also protect themselves from doctors who deviate from established protocols or who do not take adequate time to properly diagnose a condition.<\/p>\n<p>This post will identify a few steps patients can take to stand up for themselves and avoid the potential for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/failure-to-diagnose-monitor-or-treat.html\">medical malpractice<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>E<strong>ducate yourself \u2013 <\/strong>In the past, knowledge on medical conditions used to be scarce. Only a trip to the library or having a personal relationship with a doctor would help in learning about your condition. Now, a quick search on the Internet can bring you enough knowledge to help you understand what you need to know.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/three-ways-a-patient-can-protect-themselves-from-malpractice\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Three ways a patient can protect themselves from malpractice\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a number of our posts, we have noted how medical malpractice is one of the leading causes of death in hospitals. Indeed, there is much that can be done on the physician\u2019s side that can prevent such deaths (especially through misdiagnoses), but patients can also protect themselves from doctors who deviate from established protocols [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-failure-to-diagnose","tag-failure-to-diagnose"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Three ways a patient can protect themselves from malpractice &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; May 6, 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Three ways a patient can protect themselves from malpractice - Failure to Diagnose - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/three-ways-a-patient-can-protect-themselves-from-malpractice\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Three ways a patient can protect themselves from malpractice &#8212; 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