Try ringing the Ethics Dept of the BMA and ask for their document(S) on
the subject(free to members!). When I worked there , we set up a great
group which developed this . It was a great gp. because it was
knowledgeable, and it was knowledgeable because it had several members in
recovery.
I HADN'T REALISED TILL THEN THAT THE UK IS ABOUT 15 YRS BEHIND THE USA in
the support and treat ment of addicted docs.
A bma document sounds pretty dry but it is a start . I think it is
significant because its recomendations became BMA policy and the BMA
recognised the scale of the problem.AND how negligently the profession
treats it. If we treated any other patients with a killer diseasein the
same haphazard, hazardous way we would be struck off. Unfortunately there
is a whopping gap sometimes between recognising a problem and doing
something effective about it.
When Chris Robinson did the literature search on addicted docs I think he
found 1800 refsin 12 yrs of which 60 were from the UK!!! That no.
included letters to journals etc.There were less than a do zen pieces of
research . You may get a flood of references- but don't hold your breath
for too much from us Brits. Ex BMA hack- Fleur Fisher
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