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Simple errors, underperformance and misconduct

Authors: St George I
Publication: VetScript, Volume 23, Issue 2, pp 14-15, Mar 2010
Publisher: New Zealand Veterinary Association

Animal type: Human
Subject Terms: Veterinary profession, Management, Risk assessment/factors
Article class: General
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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