Ordinarily, surgical patients need care urgently, so there are more disputes than in other specializations. Doctors in Taiwan, meanwhile, are not like their foreign counterparts who have insurance to cover compensation payouts: When there are disputes in Taiwan, doctors usually have to come up with the money themselves.
需要動刀的病人通常狀況較緊急，因此外科醫療糾紛自然比其他科多，而台灣醫生不像外國醫生有醫療保險負擔賠償，一旦有糾紛，醫生多半得自己扛起來。