{"id":448,"date":"2014-11-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/three-things-you-can-do-to-avoid-medical-malpractice\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:28:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:28:34","slug":"three-things-you-can-do-to-avoid-medical-malpractice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/three-things-you-can-do-to-avoid-medical-malpractice\/","title":{"rendered":"Three things you can do to avoid medical malpractice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a prior post, we highlighted the breaches in procedure and improper actions taken by physicians that led to Joan Rivers\u2019 death. Essentially, there were critical errors that if they were abated, could have saved Rivers\u2019 life.<\/p>\n<p>While the Rivers\u2019 case appears to be a straightforward case of negligence, many other medical malpractice cases are not so clear cut. This led us to think about potential things that patients could do to help them avoid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/medical-malpractice.html\">medical malpractice<\/a> cases. This post will identify a few.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speak up \u2013 <\/strong>Doctors are trained to diagnose medical conditions and make recommendations on how to treat them. However, you know your body much more than a physician can. So if you feel that something is wrong but doctors are telling you that everything is alright, speak up for yourself and not simply rely on one opinion. After all, it is your body and only you have to deal with the consequences if something goes wrong.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/three-things-you-can-do-to-avoid-medical-malpractice\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Three things you can do to avoid medical malpractice\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a prior post, we highlighted the breaches in procedure and improper actions taken by physicians that led to Joan Rivers\u2019 death. Essentially, there were critical errors that if they were abated, could have saved Rivers\u2019 life. While the Rivers\u2019 case appears to be a straightforward case of negligence, many other medical malpractice cases are [&hellip;]<\/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":[7],"class_list":["post-448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-malpractice","tag-medical-malpractice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Three things you can do to avoid medical malpractice &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; November 14, 2014<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Three things you can do to avoid medical malpractice - Medical Malpractice - 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-things-you-can-do-to-avoid-medical-malpractice\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Three things you can do to avoid medical malpractice &#8212; 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