Birth is metaphysical injury. Healing takes time – the span of one’s life.
Eugene Thacker, Infinite Resignation: On Pessimism (via anthropofugal)
The medical standard of care is that degree of care that a reasonably careful doctor treating the same care would have provided. This is typically defined by expert witnesses who are familiar with the particular area of medicine relevant to the treatment. A child who is facing a difficult life due to a doctor’s or hospital’s malpractice has options. One of these options is to file a lawsuit alleging that the care received from the practitioner was malpractice. People whose children now suffer from a physical or mental disability as the result of a poor birth experience have the right to sue for compensation if medical negligence causes the injury.














