Labriola Jake, Garabed Rebecca, Sinclair Carly, Marsh Antoinette E
Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
Front Vet Sci. 2021 Dec 23;8:786265. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.786265. eCollection 2021.
There is increasing concern within the veterinary medical community (veterinarians and veterinary students) that disgruntled clients are unfairly leveraging various legal tools against veterinarians. Clinical veterinarians and veterinary students should be aware of the most common types of problems arising within the clinic and how they can lead to formal consumer complaints. The study describes and categorizes with greater detail the types of violations or "causes for discipline" that occur, as well as specific sanctions imposed on veterinarians formally disciplined for standard of care-related violations between 2017 and 2019, for California. In addition, the study calculated the frequency of disciplinary actions and their basic summary statistics regarding the temporal aspect of how lawsuits typically unfold. Using public documents from California, the study describes the analysis and trends for the purpose of providing contextual evidence to inform and guide potential veterinary educational interventions. Although specific to California, this study can serve as a template methodology for comparisons to other states.
兽医医学界（兽医和兽医专业学生）越来越担心心怀不满的客户正在不公平地利用各种法律手段对付兽医。临床兽医和兽医专业学生应该了解诊所内出现的最常见问题类型以及这些问题如何导致正式的消费者投诉。该研究更详细地描述并分类了所发生的违规行为或“纪律处分原因”，以及2017年至2019年期间加利福尼亚州因违反护理标准而受到正式纪律处分的兽医所受到的具体制裁。此外，该研究计算了纪律处分的频率及其关于诉讼通常展开的时间方面的基本汇总统计数据。该研究利用加利福尼亚州的公开文件描述了分析和趋势，目的是提供背景证据，为潜在的兽医教育干预提供信息和指导。尽管该研究特定于加利福尼亚州，但可作为与其他州进行比较的模板方法。
