How Should a Physician Respond to Discovering Her Patient Has Been Forcibly Sterilized?

How should editors respond to plagiarism ? COPE

This paper aims to stimulate discussion about how editors should respond to plagiarism. Different types of plagiarism are described in terms of their: extent, originality of the copied material, context, referencing, intention, author seniority, and language. Journal responses to plagiarism are also described including: educating authors, contacting authors’ institutions, issuing corrections, a...

The patient has not been informed: a proposal for a physician conflict of interest disclosure law.

Patients' attitudes toward having been forcibly medicated.

Forced antipsychotic medication procedures are generally perceived to be clinically necessary options, albelt violations of individuals' bodies and autonomy. Previous studies have explored forcibly medicated patients' attitudes concerning these procedures, but as patients were interviewed while still in the hospital, this may have affected their responses. We interviewed consecutively forcibly ...

How to Respond to a Formal Patient Complaint

Major Metropolitan Health Plan is charged with maintaining the quality of care for our members and as such must investigate any concerns they have about the physicians in our network. Please review the attached copy of a letter we received from one of our members, and respond. Your response will be confidential and will not be shared with the member, although it may be used in quality improveme...

Rare childhood diseases: how should we respond?

Paradoxically, rare diseases are common, collectively affecting 6-10% of the population and have a huge impact on patients and families, health services, clinicians and the wider community. Accurate data are required to inform clinical practice, government policy and health service planning. We recommend a national approach, similar to that adopted in the USA and Europe, to support research and...