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Oncologists and Medical Malpractice

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An experienced oncologist wrote orders for a new salvage regimen that employed higher doses of chemotherapy than usual. Subsequently, the patient developed acute renal failure and required weeks of dialysis, but ultimately recovered, and the tumor responded. To the physician's dismay, he later discovered that he had mistakenly ordered four times the recommended amount of the nephrotoxic drug in the treatment regimen. After careful thought, he decided not to divulge the error to the patient. When tumor progressed 6 months later, the patient obtained a second opinion and learned of the error. He sued, and the case finally settled for . . . [Click for More]

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