Study Finds Gaps Between Doctors' Standards and Actions
Physicians Think They Should Report Errors and Incompetence -- but Say They Often Do Not
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, December 4, 2007; Page A08
"Sympathectomy is a technique about which we have limited knowledge, applied to disorders about which we have little understanding." Associate Professor Robert Boas, Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australasian College of Anaesthetists and the Royal College of Anaesthetists, The Journal of Pain, Vol 1, No 4 (Winter), 2000: pp 258-260
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Study Finds Gaps Between Doctors' Standards and Actions
The survey was conducted between November 2003 and June 2004 and funded by the nonprofit Institute on Medicine as a Profession, a think tank that promotes medical professionalism through a center at Columbia University. It uncovered notable gaps between ideals and practice in the areas of self-regulation, managing financial conflicts and conserving limited resources.