Chemical dependency and the physician

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 625-631

  Berge, Keith H ^a   Seppala, Marvin D ^b   Schipper, Agnes M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Hazelden   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; OPIATE;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK RESUMPTION; WORKPLACE; CONVALESCENCE; EMPLOYMENT; MALPRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; PHYSICIANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 67650740047     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/84.7.625     Document Type: Article

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