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... > Health Care Economics and Organizations > Social Control, Formal > Jurisprudence > Malpractice > Professional Impairment > Physician Impairment
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Physician Impairment  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • "inability to practice medicine with reasonable skill & safety to patient"; the causes may include alcohol & drug abuse, ment disord, phys disability, senility; coord IM with specific impairment (IM) + specialty if pertinent (IM)

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010815

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