Monday, January 7, 2008

Doctors and Sexual Misconduct

The Ventura County Star reports some alarming statistics from the California Medical Board about prosecution of doctors who engage in sexual misconduct with patients. They looked at reports over the past 6 years and found only 1 in 7 cases had any action taken at all. Of 680 reports of bad sexual behavior, only 123 doctors received any sanction.As a physician, I pay $805 as a licensing fee to