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Alzheimer's disease in physician
Notes:
- Alzheimer's disease is often wrongly regarded as a monolithic disease marked by an inexorable decline into incompetence [1]
- case report of a 76 year old physician diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, but allowed to practice successfully for an additional 4 years with oversight [1]
General
Alzheimer's disease (AD)
physician
References
- Devi G
Alzheimer's s Disease in Physicians - Assessing Professional
Competence and Tempering Stigma.
N Engl J Med 2018; 378:1073-1075. March 22, 2018
PMID: 29562159
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1716381