"Physician Impairment" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The physician's inability to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety to the patient due to the physician's disability. Common causes include alcohol and drug abuse, mental illness, physical disability, and senility.
| Descriptor ID |
D010815
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.604.583.524.528.500 N03.706.535.606.528.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Physician Impairment- Physician Impairment
- Impairment, Physician
- Impairments, Physician
- Physician Impairments
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Physician Impairment" by people in Profiles.
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Mull CC, Thompson AD, Rappaport DI, Gartner JC, Bowman WR. A Call to Restore Your Calling: Self-Care of the Emergency Physician in the Face of Life-Changing Stress-Part 3 of 6: Physician Illness and Impairment. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2019 Aug; 35(8):585-588.
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Soonsawat A, Tanaka G, Lammando MA, Ahmed I, Ellison JM. Cognitively Impaired Physicians: How Do We Detect Them? How Do We Assist Them? Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2018 06; 26(6):631-640.
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Lonze BE, Parsikia A, Feyssa EL, Khanmoradi K, Araya VR, Zaki RF, Segev DL, Ortiz JA. Operative start times and complications after liver transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2010 Aug; 10(8):1842-9.
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Papadakis MA, Teherani A, Banach MA, Knettler TR, Rattner SL, Stern DT, Veloski JJ, Hodgson CS. Disciplinary action by medical boards and prior behavior in medical school. N Engl J Med. 2005 Dec 22; 353(25):2673-82.
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Farber NJ, Gilibert SG, Aboff BM, Collier VU, Weiner J, Boyer EG. Physicians' willingness to report impaired colleagues. Soc Sci Med. 2005 Oct; 61(8):1772-5.
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Hacker JF. Helping the helpers. Del Med J. 2004 Mar; 76(3):101-2.
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Center C, Davis M, Detre T, Ford DE, Hansbrough W, Hendin H, Laszlo J, Litts DA, Mann J, Mansky PA, Michels R, Miles SH, Proujansky R, Reynolds CF, Silverman MM. Confronting depression and suicide in physicians: a consensus statement. JAMA. 2003 Jun 18; 289(23):3161-6.