To the Editor: Bismark, Spittal and Studdert observed that complaints clustered around certain doctors.1 They state that, in Victoria, extrapolations from their findings indicate that 1% of the medical workforce in private practice accounts for nearly 20% of complaints, and that male surgeons who have practised for more than 30 years are the doctors who are most complained about.1
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- 1. Bismark MM, Spittal MJ, Studdert DM. Prevalence and characteristics of complaint-prone doctors in private practice in Victoria. Med J Aust 2011; 195: 25-28. <MJA full text>
- 2. LeFanu J. Dr James LeFanu: arrogant doctors. The Telegraph (UK) 2009; 1 Jul. http://www. telegraph.co.uk/health/healthadvice/james lefanu/5696975/Dr-James-LeFanu-arrogant-doctors.html (accessed Aug 2011).
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