South African Doctors Are Bound By Many Rules. Criminal Charges for Mistakes May Have Unintended Consequences

South African Doctors Are Bound By Many Rules. Criminal Charges for Mistakes May Have Unintended Consequences TC_Africa: SouthAfrica

Healthcare practitioners may be held accountable through internal disciplinary action, civil claims or criminal charges.

An example of this type of conduct would be persuading patients to invest in a distressed company of which the medical practitioner is a director. These were the facts of a case involving. The doctor tried and failed to appeal a decision by the health professions council.

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