Published online June 1, 2005
PEDIATRICS Vol. 115 No. 6 June 2005, pp. 1792-1793 (doi:10.1542/peds.2005-0677)
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Lawsuits Associated With Medical Malpractice in Japan: Rate of Lawsuits Was Very Low in Pediatrics, Although Many Children Visit Emergency Rooms

Akira Ehara, MD, PhD
Koala Medical Research
Sapporo, Hokkaido 062-0021 Japan

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To the Editor.—

According to the Supreme Court of Japan, there were 1019 newly accepted lawsuits associated with medical malpractice in 2003.1 The numbers of lawsuits among clinical-specialty groups were: internal medicine, 258; pediatrics, 21; psychiatry, 42; dermatology, 20; surgery, . . . [Full Text of this Article]