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Simple errors, underperformance and misconduct

Simple errors, underperformance and misconduct
St George I
Vetscript, Volume 23, Issue 2, pp 14-15, Mar 2010

Article class: General

Animal Type: Human

Subject Terms: Management, Risk assessment/factors, Veterinary profession

Publisher: New Zealand Veterinary Association

Abstract

Under the old Medical Practitioners Act, all complaints about doctors were treated as disciplinary (misconduct) issues.  The result was that doctors were penalised for the kind of simple errors that all of us make from time to time, or for more  general underperformance, whatever its causes...

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