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In this country, telephone contact between doctor and patient is responsible for about 15-20% of primary medical care. The reasons phone care has become so popular with patients are mainly [...]

How To Get Doctors Into Loss Control 'First, do no harm.' That statement, the essence of the physician's Hippocratic Oath, embodies both the justification for - and the resistance to [...]

Hospitals are usually extremely tolerant of abusive behavior by physicians and health care professionals, which frequently is occasioned by stressful situations, but they must develop written policies for behavioral standards to prevent the risk of litigation. Intervention or discipline when inconsistent disciplinary action occurs can lead to discrimination lawsuits unless there are written policies to prevent these measures. Hospitals must have board of director approval of behavioral policies, incorporate them in medical staff bylaws and ensure that all personnel are aware of and understand what constitutes abusive or disruptive behavior., The often stressful situations encountered by physicians and other health care professionals in a hospital environment can generate emotional outbursts and other forms of abusive behavior that would be considered [...]

Ethics Code Spotlights Reform Roles The June 24 NU editorial on the debate over health care reform, subtitled 'Lots of Paper, No Action,' drove home the point that the proliferation [...]