Management of impaired physicians in Europe

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 762-773

  Magnavita, Nicola ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Medical surveillance; Physicians

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUROPE; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846085939     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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