title: Underperforming doctors. Recovery services.
abstract: In the US, state medical licensing boards have the power to prevent sick doctors from practising if they do not undergo treatment. Every state has a programme for impaired doctors, most including a two-week hospital stay involving intensive psychotherapy. Research on recovery is limited, but some studies have found recovery rates of 75 per cent.
authors.affiliation: New School of Social Research, New York, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Berliner
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008007:Licensure, Medical; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D016749:National Practitioner Data Bank; D009786:Occupational Health Services; D010815:Physician Impairment; D012955:Societies, Medical; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D014481:United States