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3 Health Matrix 309 (1993)
Consumers, Complaints, and Professional Discipline: A Look at Medical Licensure Boards

handle is hein.journals/hmax3 and id is 315 raw text is: HEALTH MATRIX: The Journal of Law-Medicine CONSUMERS, COMPLAINTS, AND PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINE: A LOOK AT MEDICAL LICENSURE BOARDS Timothy S. Jost, J.D. Linda Mulcahy, L.L.B. Stephen Strasser, Ph.D., M.P.H. Larry A. Sachs, M.S., Ph.D. t I. INTRODUCTION STATE MEDICAL LICENSURE boards perform the important functions of investigating allegations that physicians are incom- petent or have behaved unprofessionally and of taking disciplinary action where such allegations are substantiated. Given the impor- tance of these tasks, it is surprising that very little is known about how well boards are able to perform them. Most discussion about the effectiveness of medical boards has been based on counts of dis- t Timothy S. Jost holds the Newton D. Baker, Baker & Hostetter Chair at the Ohio State University College of Law; J.D., University of Chicago. Linda Mulcahy is a senior research fellow in law and health policy at South Bank University, London and an associate researcher in law at the Centre for Socio-legal Studies at Wolfson College, Oxford. Stephen Strasser is at the Department of Hospital and Health Services Administration at Ohio State University; Ph.D., University of Michigan; M.P.H., University of Michigan. Larry A. Sachs is an associate professor at the School of Allied Medical Professions at the Ohio State Univer- sity; M.S., University of Arkansas; Ph.D., Ohio State University. The authors wish to thank Joan Wehrle, Public Inquiries Officer of the State Medical Board of Ohio; Brenda Gaynor and Stephanie Kramer who assisted with data entry and processing; Professors Craig McEwen and Sally Lloyd-Bostock, who offered helpful comments on an earlier draft, and Judi-Lynn Poisson, who assisted in developing graphics.

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