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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://community.lawyers.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Civil Rights</title><link>http://community.lawyers.com/forums/32.aspx</link><description>Start using these now: &lt;A href="http://business-law.lawyers.com/General-Business-Forms.html"&gt;General Business Forms&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;a href="http://labor-employment-law.lawyers.com/human-resources-law/Human-Resources-and-Employment-Forms.html"&gt;Human Resources and Employment Forms&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;A href="http://civil-rights.lawyers.com/discrimination/"&gt;Discrimination Articles &amp; FAQs&lt;/A&gt;  &lt;br&gt;    &lt;b&gt;&lt;A href="http://civil-rights.lawyers.com/Civil-Rights-Basics.html"&gt;Civil Rights Basics&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://personal-injury.lawyers.com/Slander-And-Libel.html"&gt;Slander and Libel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;  &lt;A href="http://research.lawyers.com/glossary/"&gt;Glossary of Legal Terms&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;  &lt;font class=copyred&gt;&lt;b&gt;PLEASE REVIEW BEFORE POSTING:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br&gt;  This board is devoted to Civil RIGHTS and Civil LIBERTIES issues &lt;b&gt;BUT NOT&lt;/b&gt; Civil LAW&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;font class=copyred&gt;&lt;B&gt;Civil RIGHTS &lt;/B&gt;&lt;/font&gt; law refers to cases relating in some way to some kind of illegal discrimination based on protected categories such as &lt;b&gt;race, religion, sex, age or disabilities&lt;/b&gt;, either by private parties or by the government. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=copyred&gt;&lt;b&gt;Civil LIBERTIES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/b&gt;refers to cases where some &lt;b&gt;government or government-related body&lt;/b&gt; has overstepped its powers and violated someone's rights under the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://research.lawyers.com/The-United-States-Constitution.html"&gt;United States Constitution&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;  &lt;font class=copyred&gt;&lt;B&gt;Civil LAW&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/font&gt; is concerned with relationships between individuals. 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Error and bad outcome does not necessarily mean that malpractice occurred.&amp;nbsp; Many things will determine if there is a case including his age and other health factors at the time he passed away.&amp;nbsp; Many times a PIC line will not be changed if there are mitigating factors that indicate changing it would not be in the patient&amp;#39;s best interest.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Attorneys to not solicit clients from the boards and site rules prohibit referrals.&amp;nbsp; You may use the &amp;quot;Find A Laywer&amp;quot; feature on the site to locate counsel in your area.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;In the future please turn the caps lock off when posting.&amp;nbsp; It is difficult to read and considered &amp;quot;shouting&amp;quot; on the internet and &amp;quot;rude&amp;quot; by many people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>MEDICAL MALPRACTICE</title><link>http://community.lawyers.com/forums/thread/405694.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:27:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">cbeb030d-bab6-4a2c-9831-ca1feaac8ba9:405694</guid><dc:creator>christel fernandes</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://community.lawyers.com/forums/thread/405694.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://community.lawyers.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=32&amp;PostID=405694</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;I NEED TO KNOW HOW I FOUND OUT IF I HAVE A MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIM&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;MY FATHER PASSED AWAY IN HOSPITAL 3 MONTHS AGO, AND I FEEL THAT HE DIED DO TO AND ERROR IN BLOOD TRANSFUSION, OR AND INFECTION CAUSED BY A PIC IN THE ARM THAT WAS NOT CHANGED ON THE APPROPRIATE DATE.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;I NEED TO FIND SOMEONE WHO CAN REVIEW HIS HOSPITAL RECORDS (WHICH I HAVE..1459 SHEETS FOR A 21 DAY STAY) AND SHE IF THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN AND IF THEY THINK THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A ERROR ON THE DOCTORS PART OR NURSES PART.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>