Deciding Whether To Refer a Colleague to a Physician Health Program, Oct 15 – AMA Journal of Ethics -J. Wesley Boyd, M.D., PhD

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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.

Source: Deciding Whether To Refer a Colleague to a Physician Health Program, Oct 15 – AMA Journal of Ethics (formerly Virtual Mentor)

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