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Medical malpractice<\/a> | September 24, 2015<\/p>\n

Most of the time, negligence in a medical setting is accidental. A doctor does not check a patient\u2019s records because he forgets, for example, or a doctor operates on the wrong site because she got bad information from the prep team. Doctors can still be liable in these situations because they should have worked harder to avoid them, but these things are still accidents.<\/p>\n

However, in some rare cases, doctors can be accused of willful negligence. This is when the doctor intentionally makes mistakes or does not provide the proper level of care. For example, a doctor could give a patient the wrong medication<\/a> \u2013 perhaps a medication that the patient is allergic to \u2013 because he or she wants the patient to feel the adverse effects.<\/p>\n

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