Doctors' health and fitness to practise: assessment models.
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چکیده
The assessment of doctors' health and fitness to practise is recognized as a specialist area of occupational medicine practice. This paper will consider the involvement of specialists from a variety of disciplines in the overall assessment process and will discuss some current assessment models. The paper will make recommendations for further developments in this area.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Occupational medicine
دوره 58 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008