A patient’s terminal illness does not give rise to a wrongful death claim based on the argument they would have lived years longer had the diagnosis been correctly made and life-extending treatment begun earlier, the court ruled.
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Maryland’s top court will consider whether a patient’s terminal illness can give rise to a wrongful death claim based on the argument that they would have lived years longer had the diagnosis been made and life-extending treatment begun earlier. The ...
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A doctor’s failure to diagnose a patient’s terminal illness cannot give rise to a wrongful death claim based on the argument that the patient would have lived years longer had the diagnosis been made and life-extending treatment begun earlier, Maryland’s ...
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