title: Helping physicians in distress. Developing a physician assessment and referral service.
abstract: In 1987, a Physician Assessment and Referral Service was created in the Department of Family Medicine of a large urban hospital to help physicians and their families. This article describes the rationale, development, accomplishments, and limitations of the service in light of 5 years' experience. Although this program was developed for family physicians in particular, it has value for all medical specialties.
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Montreal.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Fish
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Steinert
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000628:therapy*