Impairment in the medical and legal professions
| Autor: | Deborah Brooke |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Male Physician Impairment medicine.medical_specialty Substance-Related Disorders Occupational risk media_common.quotation_subject Pathology and Forensic Medicine Occupational medicine Genetics Substance misuse medicine Humans Confidentiality Psychiatry Occupational Health health care economics and organizations Retrospective Studies media_common Jurisprudence Data Collection Addiction High mortality Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Questionnaire United Kingdom Work environment Alcoholism Self-Help Groups Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Family medicine Diction Female Psychology Discipline |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 43:27-34 |
| ISSN: | 0022-3999 |
| Popis: | Male doctors and lawyers are among the job groups with high mortality from alcohol-related diseases, although the prevalence of substance misuse among these groups is not known. Both profes- sions have occupational risk factors. This article describes aspects of the work environment which have facilitated substance misuse by doctors and lawyers, and describes the professional consequences of ad- diction. Data will be presented from two studies: a retrospective casenote survey of doctors treated for substance misuse; and a questionnaire survey of lawyers in recovery from alcohol problems. Mechanisms for assisting impaired professionals into treatment have been developed in the UK and the USA. The most successful models separate health procedures from disciplinary procedures as much as possible, and offer a confidential evaluation and treatment program. Self-help groups play a crucial role in these thera- peutic processes. © 1997 Elsevier Science Inc. |
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