Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Substance Use by Resident Physicians

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 893-895

  McBeth, Brian D ^a   Ankel, Felix K ^a  

^a REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; JOB SATISFACTION; MALPRACTICE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WORK SCHEDULE;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746265065     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.03.564     Document Type: Editorial

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