RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 New hope for impaired physicians: Helping the physician while protecting patients
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 101
OP 106
VO 65
IS 2
A1 Collins, Gregory B.
YR 1998
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/65/2/101.abstract
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.