PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Collins, Gregory B.
TI  - New hope for impaired physicians: Helping the physician while protecting patients
DP  - 1998 Feb 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 101--106
VI  - 65
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/65/2/101.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/65/2/101.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1998 Feb 01; 65
AB  - The medical profession has developed a greater awareness of the problem of substance abuse among physicians, and has responded by setting programs to confront impaired physicians about their problem so that they can overcome their resistance to treatment. Nonetheless, the most effective strategy is prevention: instilling physicians-in-training with a more cautious attitude towards drug and alcohol use.