“Are you in treatment for any sort of addiction?”
(Follow-up questions encouraged.)
Doctors in rehab still practice
| Troubling cases in which doctors were accused of botching operations while undergoing treatment for drugs or alcohol have led to criticism of rehab programs that allow thousands of U.S. physicians to keep their addictions hidden from their patients.
Nearly all states have confidential rehab programs that let doctors continue practicing as long as they stick with the treatment regimen. Nationwide, as many as 8,000 doctors may be in such programs, by one estimate. |
I know that’s a MessNBC story, but still . . . .