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In this article, I respond to Alan Henderson’s critique of the quality of care argument for surgeon report cards. I discuss some significant US and UK studies demonstrating that surgeon report cards improve clinical outcomes. I also indicate that surgeon report cards are in any case supported by other important ethical arguments, such as arguments from surgeons’ professional accountability obligations, and from patients’ entitlements to be informed about the risks of surgery upon them.
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Oakley, J. Surgeon Report Cards, Clinical Realities, and the Quality of Patient Care. Monash Bioethics Review 28, 21–26 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03351314
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