Doctors’ changes in their professional and personal life: themes
| Main themes | N doctors (/26) | Example quote |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Impact on career | 10 | “I felt hurt and victimized, as a result I stopped being a full time GP principal and became a part time salaried GP.” |
| 2. Practising defensively | 7 | “Everybody who knows about the complaint in a professional capacity become very risk averse which impacts on your entire professional life.” |
| 3. Practising poorer medicine | 6 | “I am fairly sure that this results in me practicing poorer medicine” |
| 4. Negative impact on their personal lives | 4 | “My life was ruined.” |
| 5. Impacted on the doctor-patient relationship | 2 | “I felt that our doctor-patient relationship was adversely affected.” |
GP, general practitioners.