Episode 6: Health Professional Monitoring Programs Health Professionals in Recovery

Episode 6: Health Professional Monitoring Programs

This episode we are hosted by Zachary Siegel of Changing the Narrative and the Health in Justice Action Lab where we discuss physicians health programs and other professional monitoring programs. The panel consists of Health Professionals in Recovery hosts Sean Fogler and Bill Kinkle, Dr. Peter Grinspoon of Harvard University, and Leo Beletsky of Northeastern University School of Law.

Links:
Practicing What We Preach-Ending Physician Health Program Bans on Opioid-Agonist Therapy
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1907875

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/09/06/757990241/for-health-workers-struggling-with-addiction-why-are-treatment-options-limited

https://khn.org/news/doctors-and-nurses-with-addictions-often-denied-a-crucial-recovery-option/

Witnessed Urine Drug Screens in Drug Treatment: Humiliating and Harmful
https://filtermag.org/urine-screen-drug-treatment/

Twitter:
Leo Beletsky @LeoBeletsky
Zach Siegel @ZachWritesStuff
Peter Grinspoon @Peter_Grinspoon
Sean Fogler @sean_fogler
Bill Kinkle @billkinkle