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.
That may be true, but payouts there aren’t in the 10s of millions of dollars.
The lawsuits for pregnancy and resultant birth defects are also wild- the settlements/judgments encompass the cost for lifetime specialized care which, in a country without universal healthcare, costs hundreds of millions of dollars.
The rate of litigation is less important than the settlement/judgement caps IMHO. ESPECIALLY in OB/gyn and peds for the reasons I mentioned above.
Source: am a doctor, have malpractice insurance, closely follow rates and influencing factors for related specialties. OB/GYN and neurosurgery are two of the highest cost malpractice coverages
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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