Medical Negligence Claims - Slater & Gordon
Medical Negligence Claims - Slater & Gordon
Medical Negligence Claims - Slater & Gordon
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What is a medical<br />
negligence claim?<br />
Health care providers have a duty to take proper care when treating<br />
their patients. If a provider does not treat you with reasonable skill and<br />
care, and causes you an injury as a result, you may be able to make a<br />
claim against them.<br />
A claim in medical negligence is usually a claim under the common law,<br />
the law made and administered by the courts. However, often these<br />
‘tort’ claims have been modified by laws dealing with civil liability. Some<br />
cases are for breach of contract, others may be made under statutes.<br />
But in almost all cases you must be able to prove that your injury was<br />
caused by the fault of the health service provider concerned in order to<br />
obtain compensation.<br />
Third Edition • 2007<br />
<strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Negligence</strong> <strong>Claims</strong> 3
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