TY - JOUR
AU1 - Thompson, Des
AB - IN PRACTICE MANAGEMENT . MAY 1994 When the rules are broken Failure to provide a 24-hour emergency service FAILURE to provide a 24-hour emergency service is a frequent The Guide Ito Professional Conduct places on all of us in veterinary cause of complaint to the RCVS. In practice thee obligation to ensure that a 24-hour service is available many cases complaints are made for emergei ncy cases. There will be circumstances where this may because totally unreasonable involve a h louse visit. The decision on the need for such a visit is demands are not acceded to. On one dependent on veterinary skill and judgement. Here, DES in occasion the dim and distant past THOMPSO )N describes a case heard by the RCVS's Preliminary I had the audacity to refuse to do an Investigation Committee which clearly involved an error of judge- immediate house call at 2 am to a ment. All noames have been changed. cat with suspected ringworm! Although this did not stimulate a complaint, many similar ones would. Veterinary surgeons have a duty to ensure that any owner with an 0 When faceed with a seriously ill practice and spoke to the duty vet emergency case 
TI - When the rules are broken
JF - "In Practice: Continuing Education in Veterinary Practice"
DO - 10.1136/inpract.16.3.171
DA - 1994-05-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/when-the-rules-are-broken-70KFcnbKDu
SP - 171
EP - 171
VL - 16
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -