Patients sue for a variety of reasons. Which of the following is not one of the top recurring reasons patients sue?
A. medication errors
B. delay in diagnosis
C. correction of a mistake
D. wrong diagnosis
E. birth injury
C. correction of a mistake
When a mistake is made, but corrected, patients are not as likely to sue. Medication errors, delays or wrong diagnoses, along with birth injuries, are common reasons for patients to sue.
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