Journal article
Physicians’ willingness to report impaired colleagues
Social science & medicine (1982), v 61(8), pp 1772-1775
2005
PMID: 15882920
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Abstract
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
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. Respondents who felt they had a societal obligation as opposed to an obligation to protect the rights of the individual
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were more likely to report hypothetical physicians. Those respondents who stated they knew of guidelines on reporting impaired physicians had more frequently reported impaired colleagues
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. We conclude that physicians should be educated on the availability and functioning of PHPs and the ethical and legal obligations of assisting impaired colleagues.
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Details
- Title
- Physicians’ willingness to report impaired colleagues
- Creators
- Neil J. Farber - Christiana Care Health SystemStephanie G. Gilibert - Christiana Care Health SystemBrian M. Aboff - Christiana Care Health SystemVirginia U. Collier - Christiana Care Health SystemJoan Weiner - Drexel UniversityE. Gil Boyer - New University Research Group
- Publication Details
- Social science & medicine (1982), v 61(8), pp 1772-1775
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Management
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000231462700015
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-22144497674
- Other Identifier
- 991019168032104721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
- Social Sciences, Biomedical