For an American, it&#x27;s easy to blame this on HIPAA compliance, but IMHO it has just as much to do with the speed&#x2F;method in which medical malpractice suits are managed in Brazil. NPR had an article in which it took 17 years for a family to finally collect payment for medical malpractice. I also read a legal brief on the topic which indicated how this is slowly changing in Brazil.<p>On the other hand, in the US, many physicians are afraid to push the limit from the norm because they are afraid of being sued. That&#x27;s not an unwarranted fear.<p>Some links on medical malpractice in Brazil:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.npr.org&#x2F;sections&#x2F;parallels&#x2F;2014&#x2F;11&#x2F;05&#x2F;359830235&#x2F;brazil-the-land-of-many-lawyers-and-very-slow-justice" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.npr.org&#x2F;sections&#x2F;parallels&#x2F;2014&#x2F;11&#x2F;05&#x2F;359830235&#x2F;b...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu&#x2F;cgi&#x2F;viewcontent.cgi?article=3823&amp;context=cklawreview" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu&#x2F;cgi&#x2F;viewcontent.cgi?artic...</a>