Talk:Sham peer review

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This article was nominated for deletion on September 25, 2006. The result of the discussion was keep.

[edit] reform of whistleblower laws to protect against sham peer reviews

The Waxman-Platts bill, HR 985, currently pending in the US House, would make a sham peer review actionable as an unlawful adverse action against federal civil service employees. Also called The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007, the bill has passed a House committee vote 28-0 on 2007-02-14. r3 16:59, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Waxman bill

The problem is that Peer Review and medical staff issues are State issues, and this is a Federal bill.

H.R. 985 only gives protection to Federal workers who are "whistleblowers," not to any whistleblower.

Even if passed, it will have no effect in medical staff peer review issues, whether related to whistleblower issues or not. Physadvoc 01:21, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV

Medical peer review is a very un-neutral topic in healthcare. The description of all medical peer review as being sham peer review is obviously not neutral.

However, the description of components of sham peer review have not yet been disputed.

This article describes sham peer review, not medical peer review.

Any arguments about the neutrality of the topic should be undertaken in this discussion forum. Physadvoc 01:20, 9 June 2007 (UTC)