Chang G, Astrachan B, Weil U, Bryant K
Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Ann Emerg Med. 1992 Mar;21(3):284-90. doi: 10.1016/s0196-0644(05)80889-3.
The purpose of this exploratory study was to learn of physicians' opinions on mandatory reporting of alcohol-impaired drivers they encounter in the course of their clinical work to the police or authorities from the Division of Motor Vehicles.
Two thousand four hundred sixty-four physicians randomly selected from the American College of Emergency Physicians were sent an anonymous, one-time only, self-administered questionnaire seeking demographic information and assessing attitudes toward mandatory reporting and alcohol treatment.
One thousand fifty-five physicians returned the survey. Seventy-eight percent of respondents agreed with mandatory reporting. More than half expressed strong agreement. Through canonical discriminant analysis we are able to identify the complex factors influencing attitude toward mandatory reporting.
Although our preliminary results must be interpreted with caution, it appears that with the appropriate legal safeguards, physicians are supportive of mandatory reporting of the alcohol-impaired driver encountered in the course of clinical work.
这项探索性研究的目的是了解医生对于在临床工作中遇到的酒精影响驾驶的司机向警方或机动车管理部门强制报告的看法。
从美国急诊医师学会中随机抽取2464名医生，向他们发送一份匿名的、仅一次的自填式问卷，询问人口统计学信息并评估对强制报告和酒精治疗的态度。
1055名医生回复了调查。78%的受访者同意强制报告。超过半数表示强烈同意。通过典型判别分析，我们能够识别出影响对强制报告态度的复杂因素。
尽管我们的初步结果必须谨慎解读，但似乎在有适当法律保障的情况下，医生支持对临床工作中遇到的酒精影响驾驶的司机进行强制报告。
