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Career Dilemma : Whether To Report Exoneration After False Accusation

Must military doctors--falsely accused, suspended and later exonerated of error--nonetheless explain the suspension to civilian licensing boards, to avoid being branded a perjurer, as they depart military service for private practice?

How can a doctor, including particularly a government doctor, continue to concentrate and to work when due process is denied, such as when innuendo or libel, sometimes with covert command influence, impugns his reputation, falsely accusing him via biased committees appointed without voir dire?  
 
Is he then forced to confound his professional life by reporting to civilian licensure boards and hospitals that he was (falsely) accused, suspended, or placed in abeyance, when he knows that such reporting amounts to self-slander, exponentially compounding his need to forever document his innocence? 
Should he report his illegal suspension and jeopardize his civilian career, or should he withhold such reporting and jeopardize his civilian career?
 
How can a loyal doctor enlist in the service of his great country under these circumstances?  What can be done to remedy this tragedy?  For examples of this dilemma, read the cases of Dr. Victoria Voge (Navy) and Dr. Stephen W. Smith (Army).  They are compelling.  For anyone in need of confirming the truth of their statements, contact information is available in their respective articles on this web site.

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