The Impaired, Incompetent, or Unethical Provider  

Oleh:

Guon, Jennifer ; Diekema, Douglas S.

Jenis: Article from Books - E-Book
Dalam koleksi: Clinical Ethics in Pediatrics A Case-Based Textbook, page 231-234.
Topik: Incompetent or Unethical Behavior; Ethical Considerations
Fulltext: The Impaired, Incompetent, or Unethical Provider.pdf (98.79KB)

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Responding to other physicians whose behavior or clinical practice appears incompetent or unethical presents many difficult challenges. Many physicians feel some duty of loyalty to their peers. Minimally, this duty requires that physicians not take action that may harm a colleague’s career unless there is sufficient evidence to justify that action. At the same time, clinicians have an independent obligation to protect patients who may be receiving substandard care. The medical field is, in theory, intended to be a selfregulating profession. The idea of self-regulation origi- nates from the idea that medical professionals are best suited to both establish and to monitor each other’s compliance with a specific set of professional values (Wynia, 2010 ). Despite this belief in self-regulation, a recent study in h e Journal of the American Medical Association discovered that out of 1120 physicians surveyed, only 64% agreed that there is a professional commitment to report significantly impaired or otherwise incompetent physicians. Only 69% of physicians reported feeling prepared to adequately deal with incompetent colleagues. Furthermore, of those reporting personal and direct knowledge of an incompetent colleague in their hospital, group, or practice, one third failed to report this colleague to the relevant authorities.

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