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Trend: With 25% of US physicians aged 65+, hospitals test older doctors on mental and physical acuity

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When Are Doc­tors Too Old to Prac­tice? (The Wall Street Journal):

“In Feb­ru­ary, Robert Brown received an email that left him trou­bled. The New Jer­sey hos­pi­tal where the 71-year-old pedi­a­tri­cian was prac­tic­ing informed him that doc­tors age 72 and old­er would have to take a test to assess their phys­i­cal and men­tal health—or risk los­ing their priv­i­leges [Read more…] about Trend: With 25% of US physi­cians aged 65+, hos­pi­tals test old­er doc­tors on men­tal and phys­i­cal acuity