Minnesota Wrongful Diagnosis Lawyer

The first step to receiving necessary medical care is to have a doctor pinpoint the exact problem the patient is suffering from. Unfortunately, diagnosis can be one of the most complex and difficult areas of medicine. According to an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2005, autopsies reveal that doctors misdiagnose their patients at least 10% of the time.

Sometimes missed or wrongful diagnosis can be understandable, although tragic. Illnesses can present in unexpected ways, or mimic other ailments. In other instances, however, doctors simply make mistakes. They fail to notice certain symptoms, or they do not listen to their patients, or they fail to keep themselves reasonably educated about current medical knowledge. A doctor who commits one of these grievous errors is guilty of medical malpractice. It is as simple as that.

Potential Signs of Wrongful/Missed Diagnosis

If you have experienced one or more of the following, you may be a victim of a negligent doctor:

• Your doctor fails to listen to you or take your symptoms seriously
• You have been taking treatment for a reasonable amount of time with no improvement
• Your symptoms are not consistent with the diagnosis you were given
• Your diagnosis is based only on a lab test, with no other tests to confirm
• You have requested but never received a specific test

What Can I Do?

If you have been injured after being placed on the wrong treatment, or receiving no treatment at all due to a misdiagnosis by your doctor, you may have grounds for a lawsuit. This would allow you to regain some of the money lost to past and future medical expenses and time off work, as well as compensation for your suffering. More importantly, you will be able to rest knowing that justice has been done.

Contact Minnesota wrongful diagnosis injury attorneys Terry & Slane at 612-333-5544.