How do I find out if a doctor has had complaints or lawsuits against him?
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What state does the doctor practice in?
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Talk to a lawyer,or\nEvery state has a Medical Board where you can file a complaint against any licensed physician in that state. Do a yahoo search for your particular state and when you find it there should be info on how to go about it. Keep following up until somene contacts you. \nI hope your aunt makes a full recovery.
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First of all, its H.I.P.A.\n\nhttp://www.nvbar.org/\n\nThey have a public portion where you can search for attorney with certain specializations.  You can also look for someone with medical malpractice or healthcare law experience.
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Ask the doctor.  There is no central database with that information.\n\nYour state's licensing board may be able to provide information about actions taken against a particular physician, and that might help steer you away from someone dishonest/dangerous.\n\nYou need to be careful just looking at statistics.  Would you avoid a doctor with a higher death rate if you found out he/she was the only one willing to take on very difficult/hopeless cases, where patients were more likely to die anyway?
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only way to find out is file for a motion of discovery and ask for all records about this officer. discipline, attendance, how many times he/she called in sick,number of tickets issues in a certain block area or how many arrest he/she made,etc..
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A lot of the time you can't find out about malpractice charges, only charges brought about by the state or local medical boards. To find that info out you can usually go to the state's health department website and do a search. It would depend on the state though.
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Check with hospital where he had privileges.  Check with former office to see if patient records are being forwarded to him.
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Enter BBB/lawyers for your area in the search. If there's been a complaint against his firm, if he's in one, then it should be there.\nYou may want to try other entries as well, using Attorneys Ethics Board may help you. Or try other phrases you may think of for finding reputations of lawyers.
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Firstly gather all the information you can, medical records, doctors statements, witnesses etc.  Then go on line and do a google search for free legal advice, choose a firm that specialises in medical negligence then you can get them to assess ur case and see if its worth going further,\n\nP.s you might wanna add some more specific info to your question so someone with legal knowledge can help you better.
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I am not exactly sure what you want to know. As far as complaints from a patient or family member, I am the managing RN of a hospice. I have a business card that all the patients and their caregivers have. It has my office as well as my personal cell number on it. I ask them at every admission to call me directly if any problem arises with anyone who is caring for them. I also check frequently to be sure that there are no problems. As for comments, if you mean a nurse or caregiver making comments about a patient or family member, that is not acceptable. The HIPPA laws are very clear on privacy and responsibility. The professional does not break confidentiality for any reason. The independence part of this question eludes me. Perhaps if you are more concise in your questions you will get the answer you are looking for.
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Check with your state's medical license board. If the surgeon has any complaints, or malpractice suits, they should tell you. If not check with state and local court dockets, that's how I found mine. Good Luck
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I had a doctor once who I thought did so poorly, I actually got up and walked out after demanding he take the speculum out of me.  The nurse finally did it.  And as I was leaving another doctor I had been to came out and I told him NO ONE BETTER SEND ME A BILL FOR THIS NUTJOB and they didn't.  Sounds like you already paid, but I would call and voice my complaint and ask them to refund my money, if they don't you can file a complaint with the AMA and BBB and if I were you, I would if he did something inappropiate or was negligient in some way.  Hope this helps you!
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my husband went through this a few years ago. he paid 5 dollars to each doctor for COPIES of his records. and one doctor eventually figured out what was wrong - mineers (don't think i spelled that right) dis ease.\nhe went to several different docs for about 10 years before ONE figured it out.\nthis is YOUR life and YOUR health. don't leave it in the hands of a doc who is not doing YOU right. PLEASE.
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That's right about the FIRST venue of complaint against an attorney or, presumably, a judge.  But that is in turn reviewable.  In the case of an attorney, a malpractice suit may be in order.  In the case of a judge, you need to contact the state government or the appeals court -- the next higher court of competent jurisdiction -- to file a complaint about a judge.  The response is judges, sure enough, but not necessarily biased in favor of the accused.  Indeed, they tend to be biased against the accused as putting all judges in a bad light.
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To file a complaint:\n\nhttp://www.calbar.ca.gov/state/calbar/calbar_generic.jsp?cid=10179&id=1144\n\nIn the event the above link does not work, go to \nhttp://www.calbar.ca.gov/\nclick on "Public Services" (left side of page);\nin the list you'll see "file a complaint against an attorney" (click on it).\nYou'll get info - also to the left, you'll see a link for the "complaint form" and FAQs.\n\n{I may be back with more info in a few minutes.]\n\nOK, this is what I was going to come back with:\n\nToday, most lawyers (I believe) are members of the American Bar Association.  I checked their website.  They refer complaints to the state - and to the address, basically, that I already gave you.  However, here is some info -- names, fax numbers, etc., that might get you started:\n\nDirectory of Lawyer Disciplinary Agencies (webpage):\nhttp://www.abanet.org/cpr/regulation/scpd/disciplinary.html\n\nIt gives these two addresses with phone/faxes:\n\nState Bar of California\n1149 South Hill Street, 10th Floor\nLos Angeles, CA 90015-2299\n213/765-1468\nFAX: 213/765-1029\nWebsite: www.calbar.ca.gov\n\n\nState Bar of California\n180 Howard Street, 6th Floor\nSan Francisco, CA 94105-1639\n415/538-2063\nFAX: 415/538-2214\n\n\nWrite one or both (make some noise).\n\nGood luck.
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Every state's Bar Association has a web site. On it, you can type in the attorney's name, and you will be shown background information such as when & where s/he passed the bar exam, where they are licensed to practice law, and if they are a member (of the Bar Association) in "good standing" (which basically means they pay their annual dues and haven't had any lawsuits filed against them). Or you could, as another post suggested, simply call their office and ask the secretary.
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Have you seen a doctor about it?