What makes the practice of medicine different in terms of professional negligence exposure?
The practice of medicine creates a unique contract between the doctor and patient that frequently allows the doctor with patient consent to perform various procedures or to prescribe medications in order to relieve suffering. According to Medicare Statistics up to the March Quarter 2002, there were 52,698,145 Medicare rebateable transactions between doctors and patients during the quarter. On an annualised basis this represents over 210 million Medicare rebateable transactions per annum. Approximately 92 million of these will be between patients and general practitioners and almost 6 million transactions per annum are categorised as operations (procedures). Hence, as a profession, doctors have a significant exposure to a vast number of patients with varying conditions requiring expert medical advice and often serious intervention On average, every Australian will visit or transact with a medical practitioner at least 10 times per year. Conclusion A practising doctor treats a substantia
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