title: A colleague with a drink problem.
abstract: Treating a fellow GP is difficult enough, but when a colleague may have an alcohol problem your attitudes to that and your duty to the patients and profession may complicate matters. Furthermore, the mode of treatment that you choose may affect your colleague's professional standing.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Keaney
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shute
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000523:psychology*; D011604:Psychoses, Alcoholic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires