Number	16564
Subject	Doctors
Source	Courant (Hartford, Conn.)
State	CT
Year	2000
Publication Date	April 30, May 1, 2000
Summary	This series investigates several doctors who, despite multiple malpractice suits and disciplinary action, continue to practice medicine. McIntire and Dolan examine the arguments for and against making the National Practitioner Data Bank, a list of disciplinary actions against doctors, open to the public. The reporters write about several patients who have been permanently damaged or killed in the care of doctor's whose names are in that database.
Category	None
Pages	55
Keywords	malpractice;doctors;National Practitioner Data Bank;medicine;malpractice suits;CAR
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