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Auteur     M. W. Steffen
Auteur     P. T. Hagen
Auteur     K. Benkhadra
Auteur     R. G. Molella
Auteur     R. D. Newcomb
Auteur     M. H. Murad
Publication     Occupational Medicine (Oxford, England)
ISSN     1471-8405
Date     Oct 21, 2014
Résumé     BACKGROUND: Physicians may face unique challenges in accessing health care and managing their own health. AIMS: To evaluate physicians’ perceptions of their health care needs and desired services. METHODS: A written survey, distributed and collected anonymously among attendees at a large primary care continuing medical education conference. RESULTS: The survey was given to 346 physicians and 141 (41%) responded. The majority of physicians (53%) reported having difficulty accessing health care and reverting to self-diagnosis and treatment (63%). Over 83% reported having or knowing a colleague who had a career-threatening illness and 42% had experienced concern about a colleague’s ability to practise safely. CONCLUSIONS: Physicians as an occupational group have challenges in accessing health care, very commonly suffer career-limiting illnesses and revert to self-diagnosis and treatment. Programmes tailored to providing health care to physicians are needed.