title: From collegial to codified. The evolution of modern peer review.
abstract: Physician peer review a quarter of a century ago was different than peer review today. Twenty-five years ago, peer review was conducted so physicians could learn from each other. But quality assurance and risk management programs have led to an adversarial review of physicians' practices, changing the nature of peer review. Physicians practicing today should understand how this change happened and how to cope with the results.
authors.affiliation: Brackenridge Hospital, Austin, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Watts
mesh_terms: D010380:Peer Review / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States