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Addiction in doctors

Medicine and Science from The BMJ

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The Myth of Addiction

I didn't have a family history of any addictions and I've always tended to be a last half empty sort of person you know I'm a bit negative. Access played a bit of a part in some of the drugs I used as being an anaesthetist and then often there's some sort of event that precipitates the whole thing starting to spiral out of control. A lot of doctors are in denial and justify it by coded for instance although that was entirely justifiable. The really important thing to say is that you know people can get better from this and that's there's a lot of hope actually It's really important that people know that yeah that's a fantastic reflection thank

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