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The Food and Drug Administration is a government agency that regulates, among other things, the pharmaceutical drug industry in the U.S. The FDA ensures that the food and drugs that hit the market has been effectively proven safe for use and consumption. Though the safety of consumers are at the forefront of concerns for the FDA, due to lobbying and politics, sometimes that good intention can be tarnished, thus hurting the consumer rather than helping.

If you suspect you’ve been a victim of medical malpractice, you might think it’s a good idea to go sleuthing around to try to find evidence that your doctor is hiding something from you or has a history of similar cases. Don’t! Not only is this often not very effective, it may get you in trouble for violating the privacy of the doctor or other patients.

Medical malpractice is one of the most complicated areas in law because it combines both legal and medical complications in an area of great social concern and activity. If you are concerned you may have suffered as a result of a doctor’s error, here are 5 essential things you need to know about medical malpractice.

When doctors fail to live up to the standard of care consistent with the best practices in the medical community, they may be held responsible for medical malpractice. For doctors, the standard of care also includes ethical treatment of patients, so in some cases, an ethics violation may be grounds for medical malpractice. In other cases, it may be grounds for a related negligence claim.