Journalists Protest Withdrawal of a U.S. Doctor Database

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Withdrawal of Database on Doctors Is Protested

The public use section of the government’s National Practitioner Data Bank provided information on doctor oversight, trends in disciplinary actions and malpractice awards.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/16/health/16doctor.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

Three journalism organizations on Thursday protested a decision by the Obama administration to remove a database of physician discipline and malpractice actions from the Web.