Given the supposed medical nature of this employee's condition, there would be a potential duty to accommodate by the employer. (slaw.ca)
They explained the medical nature of his sickness, and of their own drinking and recoveries. (religion-online.org)
(3) The counselor should emphasize the medical nature of the problem of alcoholism, pointing out that if her husband had diabetes she would not feel an obligation to cure him. (religion-online.org)