Assignment 9

Bryson, Ethan O., and Jeffrey H. Silverstein. "Addiction and Substance Abuse in Anesthesiology." 2008. TS. Mount Sinai Hospital, New York. NIH Public Access. Nov. 2008. Web. 20 Oct. 2010. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2766183/>.

I think the writer’s main point is to inform others about drug abuse among. He also writes about how the drug abuse starts and different ways of preventing it.

“Despite substantial advances in our understanding of addiction and the technology and therapeutic approaches used to fight this disease, addiction still remains a major issue in the anesthesia workplace.” “There is strong evidence to suggest that drugs of abuse that activate the reward structures in the brain induce lasting changes in behavior that reflect changes in neuron physiology and biochemistry.”

I think this article will help me further decide about becoming an anesthesiologist because it tells you about the controversy of the lifestyle. If drug abuse among anesthesiologist and there patients is something that’s common I don’t know if I would really want to follow this career.

I plan on using this course in furthering my knowledge of what the lifestyle is like of an anesthesiologist and some of the daily aspects you have to deal with. I plan on using it to argue my final decision.

I think that source if very creditable because it is written by a MD instructor and an MD professor so it’s written by experts. The article is also part of a peer reviewed journal.

This connects with the daily lifestyles which is one of the main research points I am looking at. It is one part of the things they deal with the everyday routine and that connects to all their other daily activities.

Hines, Roberta. Substance Abuse in Anesthesia Providers: An Update. Tech. Print.

(didn’t know how to cite this. http://www.aapd-saac.org/meetingpapers/2003/hines.pdf)

I think the writers main points are to inform about drug abuse but more specifically with anesthesiologist. Also to show why anesthesiologist are more at risk and why they are somewhat a more dangerous abuser.

“Those who are actively abusing are at increased risk for malpractice cases (2).” “Easy access to "potent" drugs particularly opioids.”

I can this article giving some more depth about the drug abuse and what kind of drugs are the more abused ones. It also writes about what you should do if you were to ever encounter another doctor that you think is abusing and what to do.

I plan on using this source to give more information on what anesthesiologist have to deal with when it comes to drug abuse. I’m also planning on using it to explain more about the lifestyle.

I think this source is very creditable because it is written by a professor of anesthesiology at Yale University. The professor is obviously an expert in his field and is well recognized as he works at Yale.

This article gives a good different perspective of the same topic as the manuscript writes about. It providers more information and a different way to tackle this problem of MD abusers.