title: [The physician with a reduced work ability].
abstract: The occupational health physician charged of medical surveillance of hospital workers is often mandated to manage impaired physicians. Some "red flags" may be observed during medical surveillance of workers, and this should elicit the suspect that the colleague is impaired by chemical, psychiatric, or neurological disease. Three emblematic cases are discussed. While English-speaking countries have faced the problem since the 70's, Italy currently lacks policy to deal with impaired physicians.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Medicina del Lavoro,Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma. nicolamagnavita@tiscali.it
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Magnavita
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Magnavita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010815:Physician Impairment