The Poliner Case: The Clinical Story (Essay‪)‬

Like a deadly virus sheltered within an immune cell, peer review has been infected. Ironically, some, who have sworn to "first do no harm," now use peer review as a weapon of harm--"Doctors Who Hurt Doctors." (1) Disingenuous "concern for patients" is used to conceal malicious motives in a legalized charade where absolute immunity protects those who utter the words "peer review," and where form trumps substance at every level. Events Leading Up to the Sham Peer Review