Titre : | Physicians'willingness to report impaired colleagues. (2005) |
Auteurs : | Neil-J FARBER ; Brian-M ABOFF ; Virginia-U COLLIER ; GIL BOYER (E.) : USA. New University Research Group. ; Stephanie-G GILIBERT ; WEINER (Joan) : USA. Management Department. Drexel University. ; Christiana Care Health System. Department of Medicine. Wilmington. DE. USA |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Social science and medicine (vol. 61, n° 8, 2005) |
Pagination : | 1772-1775 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Médecin ; Profession santé ; Homme ; Ethique ; Confidentialité ; Relation professionnelle ; Relation sociale |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 9RvpR0xL. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. We surveyed physicians to determine what factors were associated with their reporting of impaired colleagues to Physician Health Programs (PHPs). We conducted a cross-sectional mail survey of 1000 randomly selected practicing physicians in the United States. A survey instrument asked the physicians whether they would report 10 hypothetical impaired colleagues to a PHP. The results show that a majority of the physicians would report physicians to PHPs, but were more likely to report hypothetical physicians involved in substance abuse than those who were emotionally or cognitively impaired (p |