Farid Gharagozloo, Robert Poston and Rainer WG Gruessner*
Volume4-Issue2
Dates: Received: 2023-02-13 | Accepted: 2023-02-15 | Published: 2023-02-16
Pages: 235-238
Abstract
When medical professionals, usually physicians, report poor patient care or incidents in which patients have been harmed, such reports are sometimes not welcomed by hospital leadership. This issue becomes even more problematic if no action is taken internally to ameliorate patient conditions and the practitioner then decides to seek external assistance (courts, media) in the best interest of the patients’ wellbeing.
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DOI: 10.37871/jbres1666
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Gharagozloo F, Poston R, Gruessner RWG. Consequences for Whistleblowing: Retaliation, Sham Peer Review and Hospital Immunity. 2023 Feb 16; 4(2): 235-238. doi: 10.37871/jbres1666, Article ID: JBRES1666, Available at: https://www. jelsciences.com/articles/jbres1666.pdf
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