Disruptive Physicians and How to Deal with Them

Much has been written about how to deal with serious issues in physician behavior, such as impairment and addiction. This article addresses how to recognize and manage less extreme and more chronic disruptive behaviors. It provides the reader with comprehensive tools to identify and address these issues, including a “do and don’t� list and a simple five-question test to assess in an unbiased way what steps should be taken.