Many Physicians Do Not Accept Responsibility to Report Colleagues

[JBeukema]

Many Physicians Do Not Accept Responsibility to Report Incompetent, Impaired Colleagues

ScienceDaily (July 14, 2010) — More than one-third of U.S. physicians responding to a survey did not agree that physicians should always report colleagues who are incompetent or impaired by conditions such as substance abuse or mental health disorders.


The report from the Mongan Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), published in the July 14 Journal of the American Medical Association, also finds that substantial numbers of physicians feel unprepared to report or otherwise deal with impaired or incompetent colleagues.

Many physicians do not accept responsibility to report incompetent, impaired colleagues
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