"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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| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 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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A coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in a hospital and hospital closure: A note. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 12; 41(12):1475-1476.
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Rethinking how to get underperforming doctors and medical trainees back on track. CMAJ. 2019 02 11; 191(6):E176.
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Anaesthetist is jailed after stealing codeine from hospital where he no longer worked. BMJ. 2017 10 18; 359:j4841.
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Grief and Burnout in the PICU. Pediatrics. 2017 May; 139(5).