Deciding Whether To Refer a Colleague to a Physician Health Program
J. Wesley Boyd, MD, PhD
Physicians should exercise caution in referring a possibly impaired colleague to a physician health program (PHP), given that PHPs work closely with their state medical societies or licensing boards but often receive little oversight. The AMA Journal of Ethics is a monthly bioethics journal published by the American Medical Association.
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If Dr Brian Burns had been Mrs Burns
would still be alive
SIU Family Practice Physician
Carbondale,Illinois
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Please elaborate
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http://www.dailyregister.com/news/20160826/trial-date-set-in-burns-case
I don’t think so. Apples and oranges. A lobotomy, incarceration or a swift kick to the head may have also saved Mrs. Burns. Has nothing to do with abusive PHP programs. Dr. Burns is who he is.
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