Doctor Robert Sosa v. Board of Managers of the Val Verde Memorial Hospital

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1971-02-16

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GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge: This case poses the problem of the conflict between the right of a doctor to be on the staff of a hospital and the obligation of the hospital to exact professional competence and-the ethical spirit of Hippocrates as conditions precedent to such staff privileges. Dr. Robert Sosa brought…

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