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The overwhelming majority of physicians are highly skilled, ethical professionals, counted on to do the right thing. A new ethics study, however, reveals that a small number of physicians may not be so reliable.Medscape, a healthcare industry website, recently released its "2016 Ethics Report." It surveyed some 7,500 physicians. A bi-annual effort, the 2016 report includes comparisons to previous years.
One question asked if doctors ever felt it okay to hide a medical error that could harm a patient. The good news is that more than three-quarters of the physicians said it was never ...
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