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Volume 347:1044-1045 September 26, 2002 Number 13
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Health Care Workers and Addiction

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To the Editor: The report by Ostrowsky et al. (May 16 issue)1 and the Perspective by Verghese2 highlight the importance of impairment due to alcohol and drug dependence among physicians and other health care workers. Addiction spares no race or class in our society, and the economic, social, and personal costs make its treatment a priority.

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