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... > Health Care Economics and Organizations > Social Control, Formal > Jurisprudence > Malpractice > Professional Impairment > Physician Impairment
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Social Control, Formal > Jurisprudence > Malpractice > Professional Impairment > Physician Impairment

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Physician Impairment  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-J4TCT35M-R

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