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- catalog abstract "Professionals trusted with our well-being are the last people we suspect of drug addiction. And yet they are at least as likely as anyone else to abuse alcohol and other drugs - a well-kept secret finally aired and fully examined in this powerful book. Drawing on more than 120 personal interviews with addicted physicians, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, attorneys, and airline pilots and those who treat them, Robert Coombs gives us a startling picture of drug abuse among "pedestal professionals." He discusses addiction as an occupational hazard for those with the easiest access to drugs, the greatest sense of immunity to their perils, and the most extensive means of (and reasons for) hiding their problems. Throughout, the interviewees' eloquent and often harrowing testimony reminds us of the human drama behind the exhaustive research and analysis presented here. Their bittersweet stories bear out Coombs's contention that recovering addicts, free of their magical elixirs, can become more complete people than they were before addiction.".
- catalog contributor b10149695.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-341) and index.".
- catalog description "Part 1 Chemical dependency : an occasional hazard -- The secret sickness -- Addiction's defining nature -- Emotional health versus impairment -- Part 2 Developmental dynamics -- Vulnerabilities -- Developmental stages -- Part 3 Breaking free -- Recovery tools -- Self-help recovery -- Formal recovery programs.".
- catalog description "Professionals trusted with our well-being are the last people we suspect of drug addiction. And yet they are at least as likely as anyone else to abuse alcohol and other drugs - a well-kept secret finally aired and fully examined in this powerful book. Drawing on more than 120 personal interviews with addicted physicians, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, attorneys, and airline pilots and those who treat them, Robert Coombs gives us a startling picture of drug abuse among "pedestal professionals." He discusses addiction as an occupational hazard for those with the easiest access to drugs, the greatest sense of immunity to their perils, and the most extensive means of (and reasons for) hiding their problems. Throughout, the interviewees' eloquent and often harrowing testimony reminds us of the human drama behind the exhaustive research and analysis presented here. Their bittersweet stories bear out Coombs's contention that recovering addicts, free of their magical elixirs, can become more complete people than they were before addiction.".
- catalog extent "x, 351 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Drug-impaired professionals.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Drug-impaired professionals.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
- catalog relation "Drug-impaired professionals.".
- catalog subject "1997 H-793".
- catalog subject "362.29/086/22 21".
- catalog subject "Professional Impairment.".
- catalog subject "Professional employees Rehabilitation.".
- catalog subject "Professional employees Substance use.".
- catalog subject "RC564.5.P76 C66 1997".
- catalog subject "Self-Help Groups.".
- catalog subject "Substance abuse Treatment.".
- catalog subject "Substance-Related Disorders psychology.".
- catalog subject "Substance-Related Disorders rehabilitation.".
- catalog subject "WM 270 C7745d 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part 1 Chemical dependency : an occasional hazard -- The secret sickness -- Addiction's defining nature -- Emotional health versus impairment -- Part 2 Developmental dynamics -- Vulnerabilities -- Developmental stages -- Part 3 Breaking free -- Recovery tools -- Self-help recovery -- Formal recovery programs.".
- catalog title "Drug-impaired professionals / Robert Holman Coombs.".
- catalog type "text".