Thursday, July 18, 2013

Patient advocate or disruptive physician?

In today's culture doctors who speak up may find themselves walking on thin ice according to this Medscape piece which concludes:

"If someone feels morally obligated to speak out, they have to accept the fact that it may be an ugly fight along the way," Noone says. "That's why I advise doctors to think twice before blowing the whistle."

1 comment:

Dike Drummond MD said...

This is exactly why I created the Disruptive Physician's Toolkit ... so you can be a patient advocate and/or raise a clinical concern and NOT get labeled "disruptive".

You can find the full training here.
http://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/285327/Disruptive-Physician-Toolkit

Enjoy,

Dike
Dike Drummond MD
TheHappyMD (dot) com