Good Evening, Phil!
Following very interested your dialog (as one of "some doctors" myself) I  
found:
PT>There is the National Practitioners Data Bank. Would this qualify? This
PT>contains a wealth of information about each of us, specifically as regards
PT>licensure actions, censures by local, regional or national boards,
PT>malpractice claims, any other legal actions against him, etc.
so my fingers are typing in my very awful English from small far old  
Germany: gratulation! I'd like to have one here! Thats great! I'll try to  
get a politician establishing such an Data Bank of german doctors. Knowing  
of all these fearings and prejudices I do understand some of other members  
in these round. Although working as an clinical surgeon I'm listening  
nearby daily to legitimate complaining patients, wich got bad or  
insuffizient treatments or informations and are telling: what shell I do,  
the next doctor I'd trying cuold be in the same way, whome can I believe?"  
and its very hard for me handle with that but without getting unjust to  
the colleague! So I mean, a neutral pool of informations could be helpful  
indeed. But Germany and its physicians are much rather conservative not  
only in that respect.
So long
Thomas.
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