Physician Impairment
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Addressing stress-related impairment in doctors. A survey of providers' and doctors' experience of a funded counselling service in New Zealand.

5 Aug 2009 AIMS: In January 2006 the Medical Protection Society (MPS) and Medical Assurance Society (MAS) commenced a jointly funded counselling service for stressed doctors in New Zealand. Stressed and impaired doctors may impact negatively on patient care. ... Read more...

A postal survey of doctors' attitudes to becoming mentally ill.

30 Jul 2009 A postal survey of 3512 doctors in Birmingham was carried out to assess attitudes to becoming mentally ill. The response rate for the questionnaire was 70% (2462 questionnaires). In total, 1807 (73.4%) doctors would choose to disclose a mental ... Read more...

Chemical dependency and the physician.

29 Jun 2009 Although the nature and scope of addictive disease are commonly reported in the lay press, the problem of physician addiction has largely escaped the public's attention. This is not due to physician immunity from the problem, because physicians have ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Physician Impairment'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Greater evidence of dissociative symptoms noted in general practitioners attending an educational session on dissociation. 29 Sep 2009
• Impairment by psychiatric disorders, including alcoholism and drug dependence. 30 Aug 2009
• [Mental illness common among physicians. To seek help for stress and mental problems is not always easy] 30 Aug 2009
• The competent surgeon: individual accountability in the era of "systems" failure. 30 Aug 2009
• Not all strikes are easy to call. 30 Aug 2009
• Addressing stress-related impairment in doctors. A survey of providers' and doctors' experience of a funded counselling service in New Zealand. 5 Aug 2009
• A postal survey of doctors' attitudes to becoming mentally ill. 30 Jul 2009
• The impaired surgeon: revisiting Halstead. 30 Jul 2009
• A physician's drug use and the duty to disclose provider problems. 29 Jun 2009
• Chemical dependency and the physician. 29 Jun 2009
• How are addicted physicians treated? A national survey of Physician Health Programs. 29 Jun 2009
• Do you come to work with a respiratory tract infection? 30 May 2009
• The aging physician with cognitive impairment: approaches to oversight, prevention, and remediation. 30 May 2009
• The nature of general surgery resident performance problems. 30 May 2009
• Commentary: Granting medical licensure, honoring the Americans with disabilities act, and protecting the public: can we do all three? 30 May 2009
• Do state medical board applications violate the americans with disabilities act? 30 May 2009
• Commentary: impaired physicians and the new politics of accountability. 30 May 2009
• Reentry after addiction treatment: research or retrain? 30 May 2009
• One strike, you're out: one size fits none. 30 May 2009
• Anesthesiologists returning to work after substance abuse treatment. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Physician Impairment'

Definition: The physician's inability to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety to the patient due to the physician's disability. Common causes include alcohol and drug abuse, mental illness, physical disability, and senility.

Descriptor UI: D010815

Alternative terms: Physician Impairment; Impairment, Physician; Impairments, Physician; Physician Impairments;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: I01.880.604.583.524.528.500; N03.706.535.606.528.500;

History Note: 81

Technical Notes: "inability to practice medicine with reasonable skill & safety to patient"; the causes may include alcohol & drug abuse, ment disord, phys disability, senility; coord IM with specific impairment (IM) + specialty if pertinent (IM)