{"id":1959,"date":"2018-01-17T12:46:29","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T17:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/?p=1959"},"modified":"2018-01-17T19:47:42","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T00:47:42","slug":"study-reveals-male-dermatologists-sued-often-female-counterparts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/study-reveals-male-dermatologists-sued-often-female-counterparts\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Reveals Male Dermatologists Sued More Often Than Female Counterparts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While some skin conditions can be minor, others can have dire consequences for a person\u2019s health. When a dermatologist fails to understand, diagnose, or treat a patient\u2019s skin condition, the patient can suffer severe injuries and, in the most serious cases, death. If you or someone close to you is in this situation, you need the help and guidance of a trusted Syracuse dermatology malpractice attorney. At DeFrancisco\u00a0&amp; Falgiatano\u00a0Personal Injury Lawyers, we can meticulously analyze your case and determine whether or not malpractice occurred.<\/p>\n<p>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamadermatology\/article-abstract\/2664334?redirect=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a> published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that female dermatologists were sued less often than their male counterparts. The report scrutinized features of medical malpractice claims against dermatologists from 1991 to 2015 and found that female dermatologists were sued less because they communicated with their patients more than the male doctors. Specifically, the female physicians would more often elicit and validate patient input, as well as provide encouragement and reassurance. As a result, male physicians were 2.5 times more likely to be sued for malpractice than their female contemporaries. In fact, nearly 70 percent of claims were against male physicians. Most claims were results of medical errors in skin operations, followed by misdiagnoses.<\/p>\n<p>Dermatology errors can happen in a variety of ways, including but not limited to failing to timely diagnose skin cancer, failing to properly treat skin cancer, failing to promptly follow up, failing to prescribe the appropriate skin medication, and failing to understand the patient\u2019s complaints. These and other errors can form the basis of a medical malpractice claim when they cause an injury or death to a patient.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/study-reveals-male-dermatologists-sued-often-female-counterparts\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Study Reveals Male Dermatologists Sued More Often Than Female Counterparts\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While some skin conditions can be minor, others can have dire consequences for a person\u2019s health. When a dermatologist fails to understand, diagnose, or treat a patient\u2019s skin condition, the patient can suffer severe injuries and, in the most serious cases, death. If you or someone close to you is in this situation, you need [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-malpractice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Study Reveals Male Dermatologists Sued More Often Than Female Counterparts &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; January 17, 2018<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While some skin conditions can be minor, others can have dire consequences for a person\u2019s health. 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