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SVMIC Anatomy of a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
At SVMIC, our physicians have reported the full gamut of
feelings and emotions.
Studies show that more than 95 percent of lawsuit defendants
acknowledge some physical and/or emotional reaction.
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These common reactions date back over 20 years and include:
Isolation: feeling alone in efforts to vindicate oneself and
fear of reaching out further, a sense of being shunned by
colleagues, or feeling that there is nothing to look forward
to in the future.
14 Sara C. Charles, Coping with a Medical Malpractice Suit, 174 W. J. Med. 55 (2001).
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