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Are You Being Treated by an Addict?

Posted in Healthcare Decisions, Medical Errors, Patient Empowerment, Surgery • Tags: , , , ,

Among the general population, between 10 and 15% of us are addicted to drugs or alcohol. That means that if you think of eight or ten of your friends — chances are good that one of them is a substance addict.

It should come as no surprise, then, that in a group of eight or ten doctors, there will also be an addict. The number may even be higher because they have easier access to addictive drugs than a pedestrian would.

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Posted on April 3, 2008 by Trisha Torrey • There are 3 comments!


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