Personal Health of The Doctor: Illness and Impairment  

Oleh:

Breen, Kerry J. ; Cordner, Stephen M. ; Thomson, Colin J. H. ; Plueckhahn, Vernon D.

Jenis: Article from Books - E-Book
Dalam koleksi: Good Medical Practice Professionalism, Ethics and Law, page 169-183.
Topik: Ethical and Legal Responsibilities; Extent of Health Problems; Assisting Colleagues; Treatment and Rehabilitation
Fulltext: Personal Health of The Doctor Illness and Impairment.pdf (158.54KB)

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Doctors are ethically responsible for ensuring that their own health problems do not interfere with the welfare of their patients. Although doctors generally enjoy good physical health as measured by standardised mortality rates, studies concerning the ‘impaired practitioner’ indicate that up to 10 per cent may become impaired during their professional lives [1–3]. Such impairment may lead to harm to patients. While doctors may appear well placed to attend to their own health, in practice the reverse often applies as doctors tend to deny the presence of psychological or physical health problems, putting off getting help until too late. Professional colleagues often contribute to this denial [4–5]. This chapter explores some reasons for this, examines the extent of the problems, describes the most frequently recognised health problems and outlines ways of identifying and assisting colleagues with them. Advice that may help prevent such personal health problems for doctors is also provided.

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