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Which reason supports the first (peer review) of the two proposed remedies for the malpractice problem, peer review and consumer defense of their rights?
{ 1 } - A built-in bias works in favor of protecting members of the profession rather than the interests of patients.
{ 2 } - A profession is too concerned with its own autonomy to be diligent in disciplining its members.
{ 3 } - Peer discipline has not been successful in protecting the patient or in maintaining high standards of medical competence.
{ 4 } - No one is competent to evaluate professional performance except peers in the profession or even in the same medical specialty.
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Which reason supports the first (peer review) of the two proposed remedies for the malpractice problem, peer review and consumer defense of their rights?
{ 1 } - A built-in bias works in favor of protecting members of the profession rather than the interests of patients.
{ 2 } - A profession is too concerned with its own autonomy to be diligent in disciplining its members.
{ 3 } - Peer discipline has not been successful in protecting the patient or in maintaining high standards of medical competence.
{ 4 } - No one is competent to evaluate professional performance except peers in the profession or even in the same medical specialty.
See pp. 103-4.
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Which reason supports the first (peer review) of the two proposed remedies for the malpractice problem, peer review and consumer defense of their rights?
{ 1 } - A built-in bias works in favor of protecting members of the profession rather than the interests of patients.
{ 2 } - A profession is too concerned with its own autonomy to be diligent in disciplining its members.
{ 3 } - Peer discipline has not been successful in protecting the patient or in maintaining high standards of medical competence.
{ 4 } - No one is competent to evaluate professional performance except peers in the profession or even in the same medical specialty.
See pp. 103-4.
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Which reason supports the first (peer review) of the two proposed remedies for the malpractice problem, peer review and consumer defense of their rights?
{ 1 } - A built-in bias works in favor of protecting members of the profession rather than the interests of patients.
{ 2 } - A profession is too concerned with its own autonomy to be diligent in disciplining its members.
{ 3 } - Peer discipline has not been successful in protecting the patient or in maintaining high standards of medical competence.
{ 4 } - No one is competent to evaluate professional performance except peers in the profession or even in the same medical specialty.
See pp. 103-4.
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Which reason supports the first (peer review) of the two proposed remedies for the malpractice problem, peer review and consumer defense of their rights?
{ 1 } - A built-in bias works in favor of protecting members of the profession rather than the interests of patients.
{ 2 } - A profession is too concerned with its own autonomy to be diligent in disciplining its members.
{ 3 } - Peer discipline has not been successful in protecting the patient or in maintaining high standards of medical competence.
{ 4 } - No one is competent to evaluate professional performance except peers in the profession or even in the same medical specialty.
See pp. 103-4.
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