When a health care professional or health care organization causes injury to a patient through negli ...

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When a health care professional or health care organization causes injury to a patient through negligence and or omission, it is called medical malpractice. For this journal submission, you will need to first research an example of a recent malpractice case (within the last 5 years). You will then address each of the following:  Begin by briefly explaining the responsibility of health care providers to protect their patients from harm. Summarize the basic facts of the case.  Identify one or more problems in the case that need to be addressed and why these might be important. What legal risks are associated with these problems? What could the physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals in the case have done to avoid being sued? Discuss the outcome of the case.  Do you agree with the outcome of the case? Why, or why not? Your journal submission must be a minimum of two written pages. You must use at least one peer reviewed or academic source (other than a link to the case) that supports your opinions. All sources used must have citations and references formatted in APA style. APA formatting is otherwise not required.