Word: schochor
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Dates: during 2003-2003
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...patients and their families to wonder, now more than ever, how they can guard against potentially fatal medical errors. As any patient knows, it's bad enough going into the hospital; the last thing you want to worry about is doctors or support staff making a disastrous mistake. John Schochor, an attorney in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. who specializes in medical malpractice cases, offers this advice, not only to transplant patients, but to anyone entering a hospital for an invasive procedure...
...Back at the hospital, there is a bit of good news for the Duke staff: in the wake of this tragedy, they have received high marks for their conduct since the accident. Duke is doing all the right things - both legally and ethically, says Schochor. "They're analyzing their internal protocol to insure against future errors, and they're accepting responsibility for what happened, which is something we don't often see in cases like this...
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