Background The relationship between male sex and poor performance in doctors remains
unclear, with high profile studies showing conflicting results. Nevertheless, it is an important …

Objective To identify the risk factors associated with complaints, malpractice claims and
impaired performance in medical practitioners. Design Systematic review. Data sources …

Objective It is known that doctors who receive complaints may have feelings of anger, guilt,
shame and depression, both in the short and in the long term. This might lead to functional …

Purpose–Criminal Medicare and/or Medicaid fraud costs taxpayers 60‐250billionannually.Thispaperaimstooutlinethecharacteristicsof…
.Design/methodology/approach–Thenamesofconvictedphysicianswerefirstga…(primarily …

Background Little information exists on US physicians who have been disciplined with
licensure or restriction-of-clinical-privileges actions or have had malpractice payments …

Purpose Disciplinary action imposed on physicians indicates their fitness to practice
medicine is impaired and patient safety is potentially at risk. This national retrospective …

While there is a considerable body of literature on sexual aggression, we know much less
about the violation of sexual boundaries within professional relationships. To address this …

Background Physicians who perform unsafe practices and harm patients may be disciplined.
In Norway, there are five types of disciplinary action, ranging from a warning for the least …

The patient safety movement of the early 21st century rode into town on the 'systems' horse.
The Institute of Medicine report confidently declared that 'The problem is not bad people; the …

Objective To investigate the variation in the rate of state medical board physician disciplinary
actions between US states. Methods Longitudinal study of state medical board physician …