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. 1995 Feb;41:249–255.

Helping physicians in distress. Developing a physician assessment and referral service.

J S Fish 1, Y Steinert 1
PMCID: PMC2146244  PMID: 7734998

Abstract

In 1987, a Physician Assessment and Referral Service was created in the Department of Family Medicine of a large urban hospital to help physicians and their families. This article describes the rationale, development, accomplishments, and limitations of the service in light of 5 years' experience. Although this program was developed for family physicians in particular, it has value for all medical specialties.

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