Preferred Label : physician impairment;
MeSH definition : 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.;
MeSH synonym : impairment, physician; physician impairments; impairments, physician;
MeSH 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);
Origin ID : D010815;
UMLS CUI : C0031822;
Allowable qualifiers
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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.
