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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
False assumption. There is no "code of silence" among physicians. In my experience, doctors tend to have large egos and generally can't wait to jump in and talk about an error committed by another physician, especially if he/she is at a different hospital or a different town.
Second false assumption---the Hopkins study that suggested over 200,000 Americans die of medical "mistakes" each year. Yes, doctors make mistakes, and yes, 10% of the doctors make 90% of the mistakes, and yes, there should be a way to weed them out.
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The New England Journal of Medicine, ProPublica, and Stat News seem to agree that Doctors tend to have a problem disclosing their own and other Doctors errors. Your own experience is anecdotal.
Do all Doctors do this? Of course not. I'm just pointing out that many professions tend to protect their own and point out the hypocrisy of those that attack the Police and their unions only.