What legal steps should I take if I have been a victim of medical malpractice?

Stephen D. Phillips: Do not get short or nasty with health care providers, because they may start “defensive charting,” adding entries to defend themselves. Then contact an attorney experienced in medical negligence.

Attorney Stephen D. Phillips · Medical Malpractice · 43-second answer

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The most important steps are, number one, don’t start getting short or getting nasty with the health care providers. What we’ve seen over the years is they start doing what’s called defensive charting. They start putting things in the chart to defend themselves that they otherwise would not have. And then contact an attorney. Contact someone like us who has experience doing medical negligence, which I’ve been doing for many, many years.

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