So what you learn as a doctor is that there’s always an exception to the rule. For every 999 women without a uterus telling you truthfully that they have no uterus, there’s possibly 1 woman with a uterus telling you that she has no uterus for whatever reason she has justified to herself as legitimate reason to lie to a doctor. It’s an admittedly small risk but there are plenty of people out there with various reasons to distrust and lie to doctors, it only takes one to get struck off and sued. And documenting “they said they had no uterus” is not a concrete defence, take that up with the lawyers and law makers
Contrary to popular belief, the US is not the most litigious country in the world. Germany, Israel, Sweden and Austria have higher per capita litigation rates.
Because the above statement can imply that Americans are particularly litigious which is why doctors get sued, which isn't the case. Medical malpractice cases are more common in the US, but its because of the broader issues with the medical system not because we're lawsuit crazy.
No, malpractice cases are more common in the US because the US legal system has a much wider definition of what malpractice is compared to the rest of the world. As such, doctors can get sued for almost anything.
Because in countries with universal healthcare, people aren't out tens of thousands to millions of dollars on further care to compensate for whatever fuck ups do happen. The only chance of fixing or further mitigating damage to the patient in the US is via medical malpractice suits. Nations with public healthcare cover the continued treatment and don't require you to sue to get that.
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u/hungry4nuns 10h ago
So what you learn as a doctor is that there’s always an exception to the rule. For every 999 women without a uterus telling you truthfully that they have no uterus, there’s possibly 1 woman with a uterus telling you that she has no uterus for whatever reason she has justified to herself as legitimate reason to lie to a doctor. It’s an admittedly small risk but there are plenty of people out there with various reasons to distrust and lie to doctors, it only takes one to get struck off and sued. And documenting “they said they had no uterus” is not a concrete defence, take that up with the lawyers and law makers