Alzheimer's disease in physician

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Notes

  • Alzheimer's disease is often wrongly regarded as a monolithic disease marked by an inexorable decline into incompetence[1]
  • case report of a 76 year old physician diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, but allowed to practice successfully for an additional 4 years with oversight[1]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Devi G Alzheimer's s Disease in Physicians - Assessing Professional Competence and Tempering Stigma. N Engl J Med 2018; 378:1073-1075. March 22, 2018 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29562159 <Internet> http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1716381