Is there an association between health policies and professional ethics? An evaluation based on disciplinary actions of the Bursa Chamber of Medicine
Abstract
Objective: To investigate the
alleged violations of physician practices reflected to disciplinary mechanism
of a professional organization. Methods: This
cross-sectional study was conducted by examining all records of the Bursa
Chamber of Medicine (BCM), and the files and computer records of Disciplinary
Committee, between 1991 and 2014. Results: The
findings showed that between 1991 and 2014, 593 applications were made to BCM,
and in total, 623 alleged violations were recorded. It was decided that 46.2%
of the alleged violations should be sent to the Disciplinary Committee and
sanctions were applied for the 29.5% of the alleged violations. The applications
were made mostly by the patients, patient relatives or patient proxies (34.1%).
Among the physicians, 23.3% of were general practitioners, 1.0% were residents
and 75.7% were specialist physicians. The most noticeable alleged violations
were as follows: ‘violation of promotion rules, earnings against fair
competition’ (35.6%), ‘giving false documents/ reports’ (19.5%) and
‘malpractice’ (11.6%). The violations of ‘giving false documents/ reports’,
‘disrespectfulness to patient rights’ and ‘using middleman, abusing profession
for financial interests’ have increased significantly after the Health
Transformation Programme (HTP). However, after introduction of the Compulsory
Professional Liability Insurance, the number of alleged malpractice cases and
the physicians who were sanctioned were not increased. Conclusion: This study provides significant arguments for
elucidating violations of professional ethics concerning medical practices and
for identifying related problems. The findings suggest that the HTP policies
could make the realisation of professional obligations challenging.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Health Care Administration
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
December 28, 2016
Submission Date
June 6, 2016
Acceptance Date
November 1, 2016
Published in Issue
Year 2016 Volume: 14 Number: 3