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Doctors' Beliefs and Behaviors

Listen Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007 at 1:06 p.m. in Health, Society

We all expect our medical providers to make decisions that are ethical and in our best interest. And doctors overwhelmingly say that they expect to be held to high standards. But a new study finds that physicians don't always practice what they preach, especially when it comes to reporting incompetent colleagues. We'll look at the study results and what they say about the state of medicine in the U.S.

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Eric Campbell

Associate Professor, Institute for Health Policy, the Department of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School

Donald Wesson

Physician and Chair, American Board of Internal Medicine

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