In the wake of hospital inquiries: impact on  staff and safety

Dunbar, James A; Reddy, Prasuna; Beresford, Bill; Ramsey, Wayne P; Lord, Reginald S A

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01370.x

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In reply: Dr Arnold raises the difficulties involved in bringing poorly performing colleagues to notice and proposes that reporting doctors to a medical board is the best option.

1 Greater Green Triangle University Department of Rural Health, Flinders and Deakin Universities, Warrnambool, VIC.
2 Queensland Health, Rockhampton, QLD.
3 ACT Health, Canberra, ACT.
4 Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.
5 University of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW.

Correspondence: director@greaterhealth.org

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