Posted On:
July 19, 2010
CHICAGO MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ATTORNEY REACTS TO STUDY
A study performed by Catherine DesRoches, DrPH, of Harvard Medical School, shows that 17 percent of doctors surveyed had personal knowledge of an impaired or incompetent physician at work. The study results, which were published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, showed that while two-thirds of the doctors in the study reported their knowledge of the impairment, one-third did not turn in their colleagues.
Certainly, there are many excellent physicians. However, as a medical malpractice attorney in Chicago, I have seen circumstances where doctors cover-up for each other. Personally, I would not want an impaired or incompetent physician assisting me. Patients deserve better.
