• Vol. 43 No. 11, 521–523
  • 15 November 2014

Unprofessional Doctors—Are They Really Born This Way?

• Ms M, a third-year medical student, posts a derogative comment on her Facebook account about a patient undergoing her fourth termination of pregnancy.
• Dr R, a junior resident, yells on the phone, “I’m arranging an urgent CT scan, stop calling me about stupid ward changes!”
• Mr S, a senior surgeon, slaps the hand of the scrub nurse when she hands him the wrong instrument.
• Dr P, a senior physician responsible for hospital purchasing decisions, travels frequently on industry-sponsored trips to conferences.

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