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Organized Medical Staff

The core responsibilities of the organized medical staff are the promotion of patient safety and the quality of care.

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Physicians with Disruptive Behavior

Physicians have a responsibility to address situations in which individual physicians behave disruptively.

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Discipline & Medicine

The obligation to address misconduct falls on both individual physicians and on the profession as a whole.

Ethics
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Reporting Incompetent or Unethical Behaviors by Colleagues

The obligation to report incompetent or unethical conduct that may put patients at risk is recognized in the ethical standards of the medical profession.

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Peer Review & Due Process

Peer review has long been established by organized medicine as a method to scrutinize professional conduct.

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Physician Health & Wellness

Physicians have a responsibility to maintain their health and wellness, broadly construed as preventing or treating acute or chronic diseases.

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Medical Students Practicing Clinical Skills on Fellow Students

Medical students have the right to make decisions about their own bodies during educational instruction.

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Disputes Between Medical Supervisors & Trainees

Disputes should be resolved fairly to protect the relationship between medical students, resident physicians or fellows, and their supervisors.

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Performing Procedures on the Newly Deceased

Physicians should work to develop clear institutional policies for performing procedures on newly deceased patients for training purposes.

Ethics