Lawyers, too, are disciplined for committing domestic violence. Compared to these professionals, doctors are neither less powerful nor less trusted. They should not adhere to lesser standards. Between 1996 and 1999, seven of eight Colorado physicians who were charged with crimes of domestic violence filed false license-renewal applications with the medical board. Under penalty of second-degree perjury, those doctors swore they had been charged with no crime.
Boulder County is home to three of the seven doctors who filed false reports.
There is a remedy. At a minimum, doctors who commit domestic violence should be publicly censured. The American Medical Association regards domestic abuse as a grave health problem and implores doctors to help end the suffering. The Daily Camera. All rights reserved.