Study: Most Doctors Will Be Sued During Career


This is depressing. Researchers at Harvard say most doctors in the US can look forward to an unfortunate milestone at some point in their careers: getting sued. Those who perform high-risk procedures, says the Boston Globe, “face a near certainty of being named in a malpractice case before they reach age 65.” But even family practitioners, a relatively tame specialty, face a 75 percent chance of getting sued. It’s interesting to note, however, that only 22 percent of the cases resulted in a monetary settlement.

For the study, researchers broke down malpractice suits by medical specialty; Neurosurgeons topped the list, psychologists brought up the rear.

Read the full study, published in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

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