impaired physician
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Management
- members of the medical profession have an obligation to protect the welfare of patients that includes taking actionwhen an impaired colleague puts patient(s) at risk
- inform the impaired physician's supervisor
- impaired physicians must be reported to the state medical board
More general terms
References
- ↑ Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 14, 16, 19 American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2006, 2012, 2022
- ↑ DesRoches CM, Rao SR, Fromson JA et al Physicians' perceptions, preparedness for reporting, and experiences related to impaired and incompetent colleagues. JAMA. 2010 Jul 14;304(2):187-93. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20628132