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By Robert Holman Coombs. 351 pp. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1997. $39.95. ISBN 0-674-21673-3.

The medical profession — especially organizations like the American Medical Association and state medical societies — has taken a special interest in identifying and managing substance abuse among its members. However, as Robert Holman Coombs points out, physicians constitute just one of the groups of "pedestal professionals" (physicians, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, attorneys, and airline pilots) for whom drug impairment is a problem. Because each of these groups are, as he says, "trusted with our well-being," Coombs wrote Drug-Impaired Professionals with each of these six professional groups in mind.

In the opening chapter, Coombs argues that because these professions are trusted . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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