Profile of physicians involved in ethical-professional processes – Paraiba 1999 to 2009

Abstract

This desk study aimed to identify, from secondary database, the profile of medical professionals involved in Ethical-Professional Processes (EPP) in the State of Paraiba from 1999 to 2009. Material for analysis included 169 EPP from the Regional Council of Medicine of Paraiba, involving 284 physicians. Considering the results, it was seen that the infringing doctor’s profile is characterized as being male, aged 50-59 years, with over twenty years of professional activity and who were obstetricians and gynecologists. The patient’s family was the most frequently formalized complaint against the professionals (32%).