title: Temporarily impaired surgeons and calling for help.
abstract: Surgeons who are ill must sometimes make their own judgments about their fitness to operate. The profession might consider more explicitly how surgeons make such judgments.
authors.affiliation: Medical Humanities, Lynchburg, VA, USA. mmaillet@aya.yale.edu
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maillet
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ephgrave
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery; D010815:Physician Impairment; D013997:Time Factors