Mandatory reporting of impaired medical practitioners: protecting patients, supporting practitioners
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Mandatory reporting of impaired medical practitioners: protecting patients, supporting practitioners
Taking action to protect patients from impaired colleagues is a long-standing ethical and professional obligation. In 2010, this responsibility was codified in law with the introduction, across Australia, of a new mandatory reporting regimen. While several concerns remain to be addressed, mandatory reporting has the potential not only to reinforce the primacy of patient safety, but also to open...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1444-0903,1445-5994
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12613