Legal Question in Personal Injury in Oregon

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What is the term to use to presume that a person, who was injured will be injured again before being made well?


Asked on 6/04/07, 12:44 am

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Daniel Meek Daniel W. Meek

Re: torte law

The term for patients being injured by medical treatment is "iatrogenic."

Main Entry: iat�ro�gen�ic

Pronunciation: (")I-"a-tr&-'jen-ik also (")E-

Function: adjective

: induced inadvertently by a physician or surgeon or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedures �iat�ro�gen�i�cal�ly /-'jen-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb �iat�ro�ge�nic�i�ty /-j&-'nis-&t-E/ noun plural -ties

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, � 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.

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Answered on 6/04/07, 6:51 pm


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