Family doctors in Canada At Most Violate Discipline

During the years 2000 to 2009 there were more than 600 physicians in Canada who received disciplinary action by medical authorities. Violations are a lot done is sexual harassment, health care issues and several violations of the profession. This amount is still less than one percent of the total number of physicians practicing in Canada. Family doctors in Canada At Most Violate Discipline warn us to be carefull with any doctor service.
Among the 606 physicians, the majority of physicians who received disciplinary sanctions were male and had been running his own practice on average for 29 years. More than 60 percent of whom are family physicians, 14 percent of psychiatrists and 9 percent other surgeons.


The most common violation is that sexual harassment accounted for 20 percent of cases, while the standard issue of health care accounted for 19 percent and unprofessional behavior as much as 16 percent.
But the study also recognizes the lack of clarity on the standardization of reporting disciplinary actions and lack of doctors in Canada are known to the public about the scope of complaints about the practice physicians.
For example, information on physician disciplinary actions is provided on the website is incomplete and no provincial public information available from its territory.
Chaim Bell, author of the study as well as physician at St. Michael's Hospital and professor of medicine and health policy, management and evaluation at the University of Toronto, said the findings show the need for national systems which allow increased public access to physician disciplinary information.
The study, released The Globe and The Mail on Wednesday (12/10/2011) this is done by collecting publicly available data from various colleges Physicians and Surgeons in Canada authorized to give medical licenses and conduct a disciplinary hearing when there are complaints about the performance doctor.
The problem is a complaint against the doctor will be kept confidential unless leading to a formal disciplinary hearing. The study noted that cases of negligence, sexual harassment or concerns over professionalism usually leads to disciplinary action. But many complaints about doctors that can never be revealed to the public so it is not clear how exactly the number of complaints against doctors in Canada.
"It's hard to get information from a particular year from the various provincial health agencies. This problem highlights the need for increased transparency relating to complaints against doctors," said Dr. Bell.