The problem of alcohol addiction in physicians is a major one. Bissell and Jones have estimated that between 13,600 and 22,600 physicians in the United States are alcoholic or will become so.1 Talbott and Benson conclude that one of eight physicians in Georgia has been, is, or will be afflicted with the disease of alcoholism.2 Combined addiction to alcohol and to various other drugs, particularly diazepam, is frequently encountered; thus, the percentage who are addicted to alcohol alone is not accurately known.We have been concerned about the special problem of alcoholism in the full-time faculty of our medical school. . . .
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