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Five System Barriers to Achieving Ultrasafe Health Care, by Rene Amalberti, Yves Auroy, Don Berwick, and Paul Barach. Ann Intern Med 2005;142 756-764.

The Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 and Physician Peer Reviews: Success or Failure? By Bryan G. Hall

Is Peer Review Worth Saving? by Gail Garfinkel Weiss. Medical Economics. Feb 18, 2005

Due Process or Professional Assassination, by John Zicconi

Peer Review Immunity and HCQIA, by Michael A. Cassidy

Sham Peer Review, by Lawrence Huntoon, MD, PhD. AzMed Sept/Oct 2004.

Cooking Books? Trillion Dollar Cover-Ups? Hospitals call it peer-review! By Ron A. Virmani, M.D., FACOG

Defamation lawsuits may have chilling effect on peer review: A physician who filed a defamation lawsuit says doctors who believe they are wrongly investigated deserve a legal recourse. By Tanya Albert, AMNews staff. March 1, 2004.

No absolute immunity for peer reviewers: A Connecticut court's ruling allows a psychiatrist to pursue a defamation lawsuit against several doctors and a local hospital. By Mike Norbut, AMNews staff. March 7, 2005.

The Cost of Courage. By Steve Twedt, Post-Gazette Staff Writer. October, 2003.

Law gives hospital panels wide powers over doctors. By Steve Twedt, Post-Gazette Staff Writer. Wednesday, October 29, 2003

Suit hits TMH for $700 K. By Bonnie Foust, The Danville Register. June 1, 1989