Recognizing and dealing with impaired clinicians: Part II--Treatment options
Reid, W.H.
Journal of Medical Practice Management Mpm 17(3): 145-148
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 8755-0229 PMID: 11771066 Document Number: 526159
Medical licensing boards and clinical societies encourage (and most boards require) physicians to report colleagues reasonably suspected of not practicing safely and competently. Failure to report unsafe, incompetent, or illegally acting clinicians can seriously damage patients, the profession, and the doctor himself/herself. Good-faith reporting is generally protected from lawsuit.