New hope for impaired physicians: helping the physician while protecting patients.
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.
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Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA.
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009820:Ohio; D005791:Patient Care; D010815:Physician Impairment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome