Telling a patient about another doctor’s medical error can mean losing business or suffering retribution. Now, some physicians are looking for ways to break the code of silence.
By some estimates, medical errors are one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Physicians often see the mistakes made by their peers, which puts them in a sticky ethical situation: Should they tell the patient about a mistake made by a different doctor? Too often they do not.
A new report in The New England Journal of Medicine, “Talking With Patients About Other Clinicians’ Errors,” suggests it’s a common problem.
Why Doctors Stay Mum About Mistakes Their Colleagues Make — ProPublica
Matthew 7:5
“Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.”
I find it curious that Police and their unions have been singled out and accused of protecting their own, not informing on bad cops etc
I think every profession has some bad apples and incompetent people, but it's also true that almost all professions protect their own. As the above article states, Doctors don't inform on fellow Doctors as much as they should for various reasons.
Every one knows that it is extremely difficult to fire a government worker or teacher etc. Why? Because they have powerful unions that protect them with stringent contracts, lawyers, and lots of money.
Singling out Police and their unions only is hypocritical, most professions protect their own.