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Problem Doctors: Is There a System-Level Solution?
- Mark S. Gold, MD; and
- Kimberly Frost-Pineda, MPH
- From the University of Florida McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, FL 32611.
TO THE EDITOR:
As Leape and Fromson (1) explained in their recent article, substance abuse and dependence are significant problems among physicians and have negative consequences for the physicians themselves, their families, and their patients. We have evaluated, treated, and reported on impaired physicians for more than 3 decades. Alcohol abuse and dependence are no more common among physicians than among …
