where do I find info about a doctor's background?
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Every state has a board that oversees doctor's licensure and keeps an eye on their performance. You can call your state goverment's main number or try the state's website to find out what the board is called and to contact them. I know in VA, it's under the Board of Medical Professions. It should be something similar in your state.
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Most state medical boards have a website where you can find this information.  Try looking here to find your local state medical board's website: http://www.docboard.org/docfinder.html
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Go on their school's libraries websites. They usually have links for the subject specialists. That should give you a good start.
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not enough information. ever heard of a Doctor?
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go to AMA online. there put in the dr.'s name and last known address.
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Not that I know of.  There are plenty of sites (such as webmd.com) to find general medical information, but most doctors wouldn't put your records on the Web.  For one thing, there's no reward for them to put in that effort. For another (at least in the US) there are laws about privacy that would probably scare the docs out of doing any such thing.
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try looking your name up on yahoo searches they could tell all about your backgrounds.
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Try http://www.healthgrades.com, http://www.remarkabledocs.org, http://www.physicianreports.com and http://www.healthia.com.  Hope that helps!
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http://webapps.ama-assn.org/doctorfinder/home.html?aps/amahg.htm
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look in an interview or a biography (Answer my questions 2)
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Google with a properly formed query will find most of the information that is out there. Also try wikipedia for information on places which generally includes their history. \n\nWhat place do you wish to find information on and what sort of information do you require?
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Try this site;\n\nhttp://people-search.com/birthrecords.htm
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you can get a background check report from US search:\nhttp://www.ussearch.com
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use a google or yahoo search under the doc's name or business name. if it comes up, you can find the court case numbers, with any additional information, as it becomes public information. you may have to look at alot of trash before you find what you are looking for.  good luck
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I would just put this in a search engine and see what comes up. I tried this and found:\nhttp://www.tarrantcounty.com/emedicalexaminer/cwp/view.asp?A=732&Q=429859\nhttp://jobs.state.va.us/careerguides/MedicalExaminer.htm\nhttp://www.criminaljusticeschoolssearch.com/forensic-science.php?src=aff1_goto_cjss011405_8
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http://www.biography-center.com/\nhttp://www.faganfinder.com/bio/
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Look up the surgeons name on the internet for articles and such that they might have published.  Check on the school that the surgeon attended.  Also, you could ask an ER nurse who he/she would recommend.  They work with docs all the time and know who is good and who is not.