GP's own health not a priority.

Australian Doctor,  March, 2007  

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By Sophie McNamara with AAP

The cliche that doctors care for everybody's health but their own has been confirmed by two new international surveys.

Self-prescribing was also common among UK GPs, according to a Pulse magazine poll of 1000 GPs. About 43% of GPs admitted self-prescribing medication --particularly antibiotics and painkillers -- in the past year, despite General Medical Council rules banning the practice.

And a Swiss study found that 90% of 1700 doctors surveyed prescribed their ...

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