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Va. Doctor's Misconduct Left Trail of Broken Lives: Medical System Failed to Protect Patients

Date: September 28, 2003

Authors: Sandra G. Boodman and Patricia Davis

QUOTE: a flawed system that purports to protect the public. His case raises questions about the speed and adequacy of discipline meted out by medical boards -- a slow process enveloped in secrecy that critics say harms vulnerable patients by allowing bad doctors to keep practicing -- and about the medical profession's ability to police itself.

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Key People:

• Dr. Paul S. Applebaum M.D.
• Dr. Peter Lurie M.D.
• Prof. Peter S. Jensen M.D.

Key Organizations:

• American Psychiatric Association (APA)
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• Washington Post Newspaper

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Abstract Principles
  • Information
    • Truth / Honesty / Lying / Cheating
      • Hide/Mislead
        • Disclosure/Conflicts of Interest
          • Disclosure/Conflict of Interest (Individual)
          • Disclosure/Conflict of Interest (Organizational)

• Health & Medicine
  • Doctors
  • Drugs: Prescription/Non-Prescription
  • Medical Ethics

• Personal Finance & Career
  • Career
    • Co-worker Relations (job/workplace)

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

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