NCJ Number
119430
Date Published
1988
Length
310 pages
Annotation
This book describes the drug addiction of medical doctors and nurses and how their addictions affected their treatment of patients in hospitals.
Abstract
This first-person account tells how a nurse became aware of the drug problem among her fellow nurses and unwittingly became embroiled in the drug traffic in a large city hospital. The book details her experience and those of other nurses who took drugs to combat fatigue, overwork, and depression, often with the knowledge and collusion of drug-addicted doctors. The author points out that drug abuse among health professionals is a serious problem in America.