Remember that peer review is not limited to “bad doctors,” and that the process can arise from minor issues, Ms. Snelson said at the meeting.
“Usually when doctors hear ‘peer review,’ they hear ‘discipline,’ ” she said. “[However], It’s not always the ‘bad doctors’; it can be something that is quite minimal that can be escalated. It can be entirely appropriate. What peer review should be is educational ... but sometimes it can be used as a weapon.”
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