What is the impact of a medical staff committee on the quality of in-hospital medical care?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from California Eye Institute v. Superior Court, 215 Cal.App.3d 1477, 264 Cal.Rptr. 83 (Cal. App. 1989):
"When medical staff committees bear delegated responsibility for the competence of staff practitioners, the quality of in-hospital medical care depends heavily upon the committee members' frankness in evaluating their associates' medical skills and their objectivity in regulating staff privileges." (See also Brown v. Superior Court (1985) 168 Cal.App.3d 489, 501, 214 Cal.Rptr. 266.)
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