When Are Injuries Medical Malpractice?

New Jersey medical malpractice attorney When we visit our doctor’s office, we expect a certain level of care and honesty. Our primary health care provider should be someone that we can trust to help us make informed decisions about the best course of treatment in our situation. Doctors are human, so they aren’t infallible. Mistakes happen in health care, and not all instances of something going wrong will reach the threshold of medical malpractice.

Medical Malpractice Threshold

Courts will consider an injury arising from medical care to be malpractice when the doctor has provided an unsatisfactory level of care to the patient. This standard of negligence essentially means that your doctor acted in a way that a similar doctor in a similar situation would not have. When a doctor fails to reasonably care for the patient, their injury will be considered malpractice.

Determining the appropriate medical standard of care is extremely challenging and complex. Typically, medical experts are enlisted to give their testimony and opinions in these types of cases.

Sometimes doctors make mistakes that don’t rise to the level of medical malpractice. One common example is when a patient’s condition gets worse. The doctor may have trouble treating the symptoms of a condition or illness, but it’s important to remember that not every individual will respond to treatments or mediation the same way. A doctor in this situation who has acted with reasonable care will not be considered negligent.

Medical Malpractice Attorneys in New Jersey

When you’ve been injured by your trusted health care professional, it’s devastating. At the law firm of Andres, Berger & Tran, we understand the toll medical malpractice can take on your physical health, family and financial well-being. We are prepared to help you seek full compensation in court. Call our law office now at 856-317-6558 now to discuss your legal options.

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