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A 7 page paper reviewing a series of malpractice cases against surgeons for the purpose of highlighting precautions that could work in physicians’ favor if the patient files a malpractice lawsuit. Physicians’ liability insurance premiums have skyrocketed, and the states most unfavorable to physicians already are beginning to see declining numbers of practicing physicians. The purpose here is to assess the matter based on “documentation on surgeons and liability issues they face.” Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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File: CC6_KSmedSurgLiab.rtf
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regarding the growing threat of physician shortages arising from enormous increases not only in the number of malpractice lawsuits, but also in the sizes of the monetary awards associated with
them. Physicians liability insurance premiums have skyrocketed, and the states most unfavorable to physicians already are beginning to see declining numbers of practicing physicians. The purpose here is
to assess the matter based on "documentation on surgeons and liability issues they face." General Conditions Britains Medical Defence Union conducted a survey
to discover the reasons behind the immense increase in the number of malpractice lawsuits leveled at physicians to find that the most common "complication for which patients successfully sue surgeons"
(Pownall, 1999; p. 692) is damage to underlying structures such as veins, nerves and non-target organs. At the time, this type of damage "accounted for nearly one third of
115 successful claims, with infection accounting for another 12%" (Pownall, 1999; p. 692). Specific consent was of concern to the medical union. It did not account for a
large percentage of successful medical negligence claims, but was identified as an emerging issue that could well be problematic in the future. Retained
items accounted for 8 percent of successful medical negligence claims, and failed or delayed diagnosis accounted for another 7 percent. "The retained items - which included a pair of
forceps after a panproctocolectomy and a surgical pack after a haemorrhoidectomy - occurred despite formal written procedures for swab and needle counts in operating theatres" (Pownall, 1999; p. 692) similar
to those common in the United States. In the US, it is well known that suing for malpractice can be quite a profitable
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