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The California physicians diversion program's experience with recovering anesthesiologists
(Le programme de diversion des médecins californiens: une expérience de réhabilitation des anesthésiologistes)
Auteur(s) :
PELTON, C. ;
IKEDA, R. M.
Année
1991
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
0279-1072
Refs biblio. :
9
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Note générale :
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 1991, 23, (4), 427-431
Résumé :
FRANÇAIS :
Cet article évalue l'efficacité de la réhabilitation des médecins anesthésiologistes dépendants à l'alcool et aux autres drogues. On étudie le programme de traitement Californien prévu à cet effet et on en mesure le succès, les rechutes et les échecs. Parmi les 255 médecins qui l'ont suivi , 35 étaient des anesthésiologistes. Bien que ces spécialistes soient plus enclins à la toxicomanie que les autres médecins, l'expérience californienne prouve qu'ils ont au moins autant de chance de guérison.
ENGLISH :
This article examines the effectiveness of the rehabilitation of anesthesiologists who are addicted to alcohol or other drugs. There has been some concern and discussion about allowing anesthesiologists who are addicted to alcohol or other drugs to continue practicing in their speciality. This article analyzes succes rates, relapse rates, and failure rates among the anesthésiologists and residents of anesthésiology in the California Physicians Diversion Program for chemically dependent doctors. Of the 255 physicians who have succesfully completed the program during the ten years prior to march 1990, 35 were practicing anesthesiologists, including six resident anesthesiologists. Although doctors in the specialy are more at risk for manifesting addiction to alcohol and other drugs, California's experience demontrates that they have an equal chance of recovery and contradicts the pessimism about recovery in anesthesiologists. (Author's abstract)
Cet article évalue l'efficacité de la réhabilitation des médecins anesthésiologistes dépendants à l'alcool et aux autres drogues. On étudie le programme de traitement Californien prévu à cet effet et on en mesure le succès, les rechutes et les échecs. Parmi les 255 médecins qui l'ont suivi , 35 étaient des anesthésiologistes. Bien que ces spécialistes soient plus enclins à la toxicomanie que les autres médecins, l'expérience californienne prouve qu'ils ont au moins autant de chance de guérison.
ENGLISH :
This article examines the effectiveness of the rehabilitation of anesthesiologists who are addicted to alcohol or other drugs. There has been some concern and discussion about allowing anesthesiologists who are addicted to alcohol or other drugs to continue practicing in their speciality. This article analyzes succes rates, relapse rates, and failure rates among the anesthésiologists and residents of anesthésiology in the California Physicians Diversion Program for chemically dependent doctors. Of the 255 physicians who have succesfully completed the program during the ten years prior to march 1990, 35 were practicing anesthesiologists, including six resident anesthesiologists. Although doctors in the specialy are more at risk for manifesting addiction to alcohol and other drugs, California's experience demontrates that they have an equal chance of recovery and contradicts the pessimism about recovery in anesthesiologists. (Author's abstract)
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