Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Physician Impairment

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.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

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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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Impairment, Physician
  • Impairments, Physician
  • Physician Impairments

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Aspects Covered

5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

"inability to practice medicine with reasonable skill & safety to patient"; the causes may include alcohol & drug abuse, ment disord, phys disability, senility; coord IM with specific impairment (IM) + specialty if pertinent (IM)

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History Note

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Previous Indexing

  • Clinical Competence (1975-1980)
  • Mental Disorders (1966-1980)
  • Physicians (1966-1980)
  • specific mental disorder

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Tree Numbers

  1. I01w.880w.604.583w.524w.528.500
  2. N03w.706.535w.606w.528.500

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Physician Impairment. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010815. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010815
  2. Physician Impairment. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69966635