Did you know that Women’s Health issues give rise to a large number of medical negligence claims?
The range of healthcare issues that women experience is broad. Unfortunately, adverse outcomes make up a large number of medical negligence claims. While it is unclear why so many medical negligence claims affect women, historically, medical research has been conducted in relation to men and has excluded women, meaning fewer details are known about how certain treatments impact women.
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