At a Glance / Aperçu

Fewer MDs investigated in Ontario

Canadian Medical Association Journal 1996; 155: 436

Ontario's College of Physicians and Surgeons launched 2011 investigations in 1995, an decline of almost 6% from the previous year. In the May edition of Members' Dialogue the college reported that 124 sexual-abuse investigations had been launched in 1995. Of the 87 cases referred to discipline by the Complaints Committee, 40 involved clinical standards and 47 concerned sexual abuse. Ontario's physician population was 21 780, including 5422 women.

| CMAJ August 15, 1996 (vol 155, no 4) |