Spain: "bad or very bad personal experience in 98.8%". The other 1.2% must have misunderstood the concept...

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21183165

Rev Clin Esp. 2010 Dec 21. [Epub ahead of print]
[Consequences of lawsuits on affected doctors.]
[Article in Spanish]

Perea-Pérez B, Santiago-Sáez A, Labajo-González E, Albarrán-Juan ME, Sánchez-Sánchez JA.

Departamento de Toxicología y Legislación Sanitaria, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, España.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To determine the consequences of a judicial claim on the private life and professional practice of affected doctors.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross-sectional, descriptive study was performed on the basis of 169 surveys filled out by physicians subjected to a lawsuit in Spain in the period including 2002-2005.

RESULTS: The claim produced a bad or very bad personal experience in 98.8%. A total of 85.1% admitted repercussions on family life, 84% made some change in the way they worked, and 57.4% admitted effects on their vocation. There was an unfavorable court ruling in 6%.

CONCLUSIONS: There were important repercussions on doctors after a lawsuit, both on their private and family life, as well as the way they approach medical practice.