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The Physicians' Health Program (PHP),
a program of The Foundation of the
Pennsylvania Medical Society, the
charitable arm of PAMED, provides
support and advocacy to physicians
struggling with addiction or physical
or mental challenges. The program also
offers information and support to the
families of impaired physicians and
encourages their involvement in the
recovery process. Find out more at
www.foundationpamedsoc.org.

Code of Medical Ethics of the American Medical Association. Chicago:
American Medical Association Press, 1847
(1)

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics' Opinion on physicians treating
family members. Virtual Mentor 2012; 14:396-397
(2)

Americal College of Physicians Ethics Manual, 6th Edition. Ann
Intern Med 2012; 156:73-104

(3)

Committee on Bioethics. Policy statement - pediatrician-familypatient relationships: managing the boundaries. Pediatrics 2009;
124:1685-1688

(4)

No Appointment Necessary? Ethical Challenges in Treating Friends and
Family. Gold, K., et al. NEJM 2014; 371:1254-1258
(5)

When physicians treat members of their own families: practices in a
community hospital. LaPluma, J., et al. NEJM 1991; 325:1290-1294
(6)

(7)
Self-prescribed and other informal care provided by physicians: scope,
correlations, and implications. Gendel, M., et al. J Med Ethics 2012;
38:294-298

After reviewing all of these factors, I feel that I am on solid
ethical and practical ground when I ask our participants to
eschew prescribing for their family. This requirement will not
only reinforce the avoidance of drugs that can trigger a relapse,
but will also help the participants to circumvent stressful
situations which may arise when they unadvisedly act as a
treatment provider for their family and friends. Recovery is
hard enough without the added pressure.

(8)
Personal use of medical care and drugs among Swiss primary care
physicians. Schneider, M., et al. Swiss Med Weekly 2007; 137:121-126

Physician patterns in the provision of health care to their own
employees. Sansone, R., et al. Arch Fam Med 1995; 4:686-689
(9)

Medicare benefit policy manual: Chapter 15. Baltimore: Center of
Medicare and Medicaid Services, 2013

(10)

Pediatric and Adult Patients
Treating Ear, Nose, Throat Problems
Thyroid Nodules, Neck Masses & Sinusitis

Physicians:
James P. Restrepo, M.D., FACS, ECNU
Charles K. Lutz, M.D., FACS
Jeffrey S. Driben, M.D., FACS, ECNU
Scott J. Cronin, M.D.
ER
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Nurse Practitioner:

Rosemarie Montgomery
MS, CRNP, FNP-C

Providing diagnostic and rehabilitative services for all types of hearing
loss, for any age group.
Hearing and Balance Disorders
State of the Art Hearing Aid Fittings
In House Hearing Aid Repairs

Audiologists:

Kathleen D. Vivaldi, AuD, FAAA
Melanie A. Appler, AuD, FAAA
Matthew R. Bonsall, AuD, FAAA

ENT Head & Neck Specialists, PC
985 Berkshire Blvd., Wyomissing
610-374-5599 * www.ent-hns.net

SPRING 2018

http://www.foundationpamedsoc.org http://www.ent-hns.net

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