Physicians' willingness to report impaired colleagues

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1772-1775

  Farber, Neil J ^a   Gilibert, Stephanie G ^a   Aboff, Brian M ^a   Collier, Virginia U ^a   Weiner, Joan ^b   Boyer, E Gil ^c  

^a CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c New University Research Group

Author keywords

Confidentiality, US; Medical ethics; Physician impairment; Societal duty

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22144497674     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.03.029     Document Type: Article

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