Malpractice in Pathology

[Deleted member 17408]

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I have heard that radiologists get sued 4x as much as primary care doctors. How is it with pathology assuming one definetely wants surgical pathology to be a part of their practice?

Do pathologists get sued nearly as much as radiologists?

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[GreatPumpkin]

Pathologists get sued just like all docs these days, but normally not as much as many others. But, give the lawyers a few more years they will probably be gettin us as well. Pap smears and other Gyn stuff seems to be the place that most pathologist get sued over.

 

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[sbp]

melanocytic lesions seem to be a big ticket item for malpractice....

 

[twentyone]

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I have heard that radiologists get sued 4x as much as primary care doctors. How is it with pathology assuming one definetely wants surgical pathology to be a part of their practice?

Do pathologists get sued nearly as much as radiologists?

At our yearly risk management thing, the speaker always said pathologists don't get sued very often, but when they do there's a lot of money at stake (wrong breast, amputation for benign, missed melanoma, etc.) I'm just repeating, don't have any numbers.