UNPROFESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

New house-officers' views on unprofessional behaviour.

AIM To determine the views of new house officers (HO) on professionalism and unprofessional behaviour following dismissal in January 2007 of a HO who was caught video-taping nurses in the shower. METHODS An anonymous self-administered questionnaire was administered during new house officers' orientation. Using a Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree), HO were asked to rank...

Medical societies' self-policing of unprofessional expert testimony.

Participation in unprofessional behaviors among hospitalists: a multicenter study.

BACKGROUND Unprofessional behaviors undermine the hospital learning environment and quality of patient care. OBJECTIVE To quantify perceptions of, and participation in, unprofessional behaviors among hospitalists. DESIGN Observational survey study. SETTING Three academic health centers. SUBJECTS Hospitalists. MEASUREMENTS Observation, participation in, and perceptions of unprofessiona...

Toward a philosophy of dealing with unprofessional conduct.

Non-directive genetic counselling - respect for autonomy or unprofessional practice?

Historically, genetic counselling was developed in the West and in the field of neonatal medicine, and a non-directive approach has been its central ethos since the 1950s to 60s. In today's changing world, the question of whether non-directive genetic counselling with its emphasis on patient autonomy may in some occasions be perceived as unprofessional practice. Through these 4 case studies in ...