Performance of the professional councils concerning 966 complaints addressed to Regional Councils of Medicine (CRM) of Minas Gerais from 2012 to 2017
Authors
Eduardo Luiz Nogueira Gonçalves
Porto University Medical
Francisco das Chagas Lima e Silva
Santa Casa de Misericórdia of Belo Horizonte
Guilhermina Rego
Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences (MEDCIDS) at Porto University Medical School
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8590-9832
The study aimed to analyze the actions of the Professional Councils in relation to 966 professional-ethical complaints
addressed to the Regional Council of Medicine of Minas Gerais between 2012 and 2017. The number of cases, gender,
articles violated of the Code of Medical Ethics and decisions made in the lawsuits were considered. An expressive result was
observed in terms of acquittal (535 cases) by the Regional Council of Medicine of Minas Gerais. There was a divergence when
the same cases were evaluated by the Federal Council of Medicine, which upheld the acquittal in only 29% of the cases. Due
to the methodology applied, it was not possible to go beyond speculation on the subject, being necessary a better analysis of
the scientific community on this issue.
Keywords:
whistleblowing, professional advice, professional ethics
Nogueira Gonçalves, E. L. ., Lima e Silva, F. das C. ., & Rego, G. . (2022). Performance of the professional councils concerning 966 complaints addressed to Regional Councils of Medicine (CRM) of Minas Gerais from 2012 to 2017. Acta Bioethica, 28(2), pp. 249–255. Retrieved from https://actabioethica.uchile.cl/index.php/AB/article/view/69014