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FURTHER ANALYSIS:

Many of the Medical Malpractice cases in Taiwan lack of the proper judgment mainly because most of the times Judges decide without any precedent at hand or having the opinion of an expert witness. We suggest to our visitors to follow the American model and take a time to review the Clinical Practice Guidelines that exists for each type of case on these excellent websites:

www.guideline.gov

www.nccn.org

Are you sure you were informed about your medical treatment?

Informed consent is a patient's right to be presented with sufficient information, by either the physician or their representative, to allow the patient to make an informed decision regarding whether or not to consent to a treatment or procedure. Patients generally are recognized as having the right to refuse medical care for any reason. Their reasons may include religious grounds as well as any other personal grounds they choose, even if you as physician consider their grounds to be frivolous or in poor judgment.

Informed consent must be obtained by a health care provider who is reasonably involved with the patient's care. A medical student therefore may not obtain consent, as they are not allowed to be responsible for patient care. The legal requirement to obtain informed consent rests with the attending physician. The attending physician may delegate his or her responsibility to obtain informed consent to another health care provider; however, he or she remains responsible and liable if appropriate consent is not obtained.

If informed consent is not obtained, the patient has the right to sue for medical malpractice. Informed consent is necessary any time the physician is going to either touch the patient or perform an invasive procedure. Informed consent may further be divided into two parts. These parts include Express consent and Implied consent.

Essential Elements

In order for the patient to be presented with sufficient information to make an informed decision, several elements must be included. These include discussion of the following:

1. Diagnosis
2. Purpose of proposed treatment /
    procedure
3. Possible risks and benefits of proposed
    treatment / procedure
4. Possible alternatives to proposed
    treatment / procedure
5. Possible risks of not receiving treatment /
    procedure

MEDICAL LAW

Being one of the first specialized Law Firms in Taiwan regarding this complicated area by our studies in Germany and many other courses in Asia, we are proud to be the best Law Firm concerning this area. Our successful cases, many of which had been in the headlines of Taiwan confirm our reputation.



HOSPITAL AND PROFESSIONAL ASSITANCE

Because of our depth knowledge in this area we are the Legal Counselors of the majority of the prestigious hospitals in Taipei advising the Board Committee in the most complicated cases.

We are one of the few Law Firms that also take in our hands controversial cases, mainly inflated by the yellow press and the so called public opinion, against medical professional, both doctors and nurses, granting them the chance to have a real judgment on their cases.

MALPRACTICE CASES

Medical Malpractice is the failure of medical professionals to provide adequate treatment to patients resulting in a personal injury or substantial loss of income.

Doctors and nurses are responsible for exercise a degree of care and skill under their specialty by following the ¨common¨ knowledge as well as the ¨medical standards¨. Many do, but unfortunately many don’t turning any prior state or sickness into a worst one or even causing a lethal result, mainly produced by Medical Malpractice, Negligence or Tort.

Among others, our Law Firm has been successful in pursuing the following kind of Malpractice Claims:

01. Wrongful Death Claims 02. Prescription Drug Malpractice 03. Surgical Errors 04. Birth Injury & Defects 05. Gastric Bypass Problems 06. HMO Managed Care 07. Medication Malpractice 08. Medication Errors 09. Dental Errors

10. Cosmetic Surgery 11. Breast Implant Malpractice 12. Emergency Room Errors 13. Wrong Diagnosis & Misdiagnosis 14. Elder & Nursing Home Abuse 15. Lasik Eye Surgery 16. Psychiatric Malpractice 17. Anesthesia Malpractice 18. Dentist Malpractice