Alcohol consumption and drinking habits among Finnish doctors were studied as part of a
survey of stress and burnout. A questionnaire containing 99 questions or groups of …

Alcohol abuse within the medical profession has long been an issue of concern. Recently,
the General Medical Council reported that half of the doctors reported for health difficulties …

Patients from 47 group practices recruited from the Medical Research Council's general
practice research framework participated in a study involving the collection of information …

To assess the prevalence of drinking among medical students a questionnaire on smoking,
exercise, drinking, and weight was distributed among the students available. A total of 260 …

Over the past few decades the belief has grown that the drinking habits of medical students
and doctors are abnormal. The literature on the subject is, however, equivocal. Some …

About 4% of the population in England and Wales and 10% of that in Scotland are problem
drinkers-that is, their drinking harms their health, occupation, or domestic or social life.'Three …

The failure of general practitioners to recognise a large proportion of the patients in their
practices who are drinking excessively is well recognised1 and has been attributed to the …

Alcohol and medical students Page 1 Alcohol and medical students When the evidence
concerning the health risks of smoking became clear, doctors were amongst the first to take …

The drinking behaviour of 7735 middle-aged men drawn from general practices in 24 British
towns was determined in 1978-80 and five years later in 1983-85. Those with heavier initial …

The likelihood of a man being admitted to a general hospital for liver disease, myocardial
infarction, other cardiovascular disease, upper gastrointestinal disease and acute trauma …