Medical Liability of Residents in Taiwan Criminal Court: An Analysis of Closed Malpractice Cases

Table 1

Number and percentage of physicians involved in 40 malpractice claims in each specialty group^a.

	Residents N = 54^b	Guilty sentence N = 5	Attending physicians N = 51	Guilty sentence N = 4
Internal medicine	13 (24.1)	1 (20.0)	12 (23.5)	1 (25.0)
Surgery	21 (38.9)	1 (20.0)	18 (35.3)	0
Obstetrics	4 (7.4)	0	3 (5.9)	0
Pediatrics	7 (13.0)	0	4 (7.8)	0
Emergency medicine	7 (13.0)	2 (40.0)	9 (17.6)	1 (25.0)
Other^c	2 (3.7)	1 (20.0)	5 (9.8)	2 (50.0)

^aData are presented as number of defendants (%). ^bOne radiology resident who committed suicide before the final verdict has been excluded. ^cOne neurology resident and one radiology resident were sued, and the radiologist was found guilty. One dermatology, one neurology, and two radiology attending physicians were sued, and two radiologists were found guilty.