Cancer Care Malpractice: An Attorney's Guide to Understanding the Issues

The patient's condition was incorrectly diagnosed and treated, she learned after treatment was completed. The pain and suffering was totally unnecessary. She never had cancer at all.

She goes to a plaintiff attorney and says, "How could this happen? I want to sue."

Cancer Care Malpractice provides the attorney and legal nurse consultant with the strategies to litigate their client's cancer case, so they understand the complexities of these kinds of cases. This book provides guidance to you to help identify the meritorious cases, pinpoint the damages, and identify the appropriate experts for the most common kinds of cancer.

From diagnosis to chronic side effects, expected complications to negligence, this book covers the various common themes for developing the cancer malpractice case, such as delay in diagnosis and failure to diagnose. Discover how this happens and why it makes a difference.

Biopsy slides can be misread, mislabeled or improperly stored. You will find out the significant details of the pathology report that impact diagnosis and treatment.

Multiple health care workers are involved in coordinating and administering cancer treatment, leaving potential gaps for error. The book covers the reasons behind disabling, toxic and fatal errors relating to cancer treatment.

Cancer cases are complex, lengthy, expensive, and emotional. Gain the insights needed to litigate these specialized cases.
The author is an experienced oncology nurse who provided care to thousands of patients in a variety of cancer treatment settings. She now works with trial attorneys to help them litigate their cases.