title: We are our brothers' keepers.
abstract: An essential element of leadership for the physician executive is working with impaired physicians, whether their handicap is temporary or long-term, to make them fully contributing members of the health care team. Physicians must not only make themselves and their immediate staffs sensitive to the problem and its solutions, but also instill a helping environment for the overall organization.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008486:Physician Executives; D010815:Physician Impairment; D014481:United States