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Failure to treat pain: No more excuses
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Failure to treat pain: No more excuses

Trial, Vol.38(10)
01 Oct 2002

Abstract

Law Medical malpractice Pain management Patient education
  Minimizing a patient's suffering is an important part of medical treatment. Lawyers can cite an emerging standard of care to support a client's claim for inadequate pain management. The doctrine of negligent infliction of emotional distress has the potential to offer a remedy to vulnerable family members who watch a loved one suffer needlessly in pain.

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