Summary: Whistleblower Ruling for Doctors
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FIRED DOCTOR: Dr. Jonathan Fishbein, a National Institutes of Health specialist, believes he was fired because he raised concerns about sloppy research practices. The NIH says he was fired for poor performance.
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Dec. 23, 2004 - When patients visit their doctor for medical care and advice, most believe they are getting unbiased medical attention that puts the patient&#39;s well-being first.
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Do not always expect straight talk from your doctor about treatments he or she disapproves of -- 14 percent of physicians believe it is acceptable to withhold information about controversial topics, according to a study published on Wednesday.
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Description: A consortium of leading medical journals wants to prevent publication of clinical trial results that overemphasize positive data.
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EDMONTON (CP) - Patient safety would improve if health workers who report hospital errors were protected from legal action, says a new report.
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Days after a psychiatrist publicly denounced the state of mental health care at St. Joseph&#39;s Health Care London, hospital officials told employees to sign what some workers are calling a gag order.
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Six doctors face a General Medical Council hearing on Monday accused of failings which helped serial killer Dr Harold Shipman go undetected.
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Federal whistle-blower laws have helped protect public health and safety as far back as Abraham Lincoln&#39;s presidency, and now they need to be bolstered and wielded again.
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Children were subjected to inappropriate tests by doctors researching the MMR vaccine, a hearing was told.
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A medical watchdog cleared two doctors who had been accused of failing to notice "extraordinary coincidences" over the deaths of patients under the care of Harold Shipman, who became Britain's worst serial killer.
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TWO GPs accused of failing to spot &quot;extraordinary coincidences&quot; surrounding the deaths of Harold Shipman&#39;s patients have spoken of their relief after being cleared of serious professional conduct.
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London -- Doctors working for the US military in Iraq collaborated with interrogators in the abuse of detainees at Baghdad&#39;s Abu Ghraib prison, profoundly breaching medical ethics and human rights, a bioethicist charges in The Lancet medical journal.
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Too many doctors write prescriptions while under the influence of drug companies. Aggressive prosecution of the worst cases could help mend doctor-patient trust.
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Seven doctors from a drug addiction clinic failed in their duty to their patients, a disciplinary hearing was told.
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Federal judge rules in favor of whistleblower; officials are reluctant to comply, citing future difficulties for inspectors.
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The General Medical Council, which regulates the behaviour of doctors, was ordered yesterday to sweep away the culture of &quot;self- interest&#39;&#39; that continues to pervade it even since Harold Shipman was convicted as a serial killer.
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A doctor who removed a patient's healthy kidney by mistake is struck off for lying about being suspended.