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Jen0125 posted...

I don't believe doctors should be forced to tolerate a hostile or poor work environment just for the sake of the employer.

They shouldn't be forced for the sake of the employer. They should be forced for the sake of the patients. The employer can go fellate a cactus, for all I care.

Legally speaking (since, as we all know, the only way corporations like this behave morally is if it's illegal not to), I think the best course of action would be something like requiring two weeks' notice from the departing staff (as opposed to it just being courteous to provide that and not a legal requirement), then after those two weeks, requiring the old hospital to pay them their new salary for up to two additional weeks or until the positions are staffed (whichever happens first). If that month isn't enough to find replacements, that's their failure and the new employer has done their due diligence to protect the old hospital's patients, especially where they've had the opportunity to reduce intake to accommodate their staffing shortage. Toss in some extra legal recourse for any hostile treatment the doctors face in that transitional period, and you'd be more or less good.

Of course, all of this is only a problem because for-profit medicine is inherently a broken concept, but we'll assume we aren't going to get past that.