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Wellbeing
Doctors with drink problems: letting go of denial
It is five years since my husband died. He was an alcoholic. He was a very talented man, a brilliant clinician, articulate, funny, intuitive, creative, kind. Watching him slowly kill […]
Clare Gerada: Protecting practitioners’ health
Doctors experience stigma at personal, professional, and institutional levels which prevents them from seeking and receiving appropriate help […]
Anna Mitjans and Miquel Vilardell: Fostering healthy practice among physicians
Anna Mitjans and Miquel Vilardell describe the experience of the Barcelona Medical Council and Galatea Foundation in creating programmes that focus on caring for healthcare professionals and preventing ill health […]
Gustavo Tolchinsky Wiesen and Jaume Padrós: Caring programmes for sick doctors are a crucial step to self-regulation
Barcelona’s rehabilitatory approach to managing sick doctors provides a better model of self-regulation and improved outcomes for doctors and patients, say Gustavo Tolchinsky Wiesen and Jaume Padrós […]
Amandip Sidhu: Doctors are dying from stigma
In November 2018 my brother killed himself. He was 48 years old. He was a hard working consultant cardiologist whose motivation in life was to serve his patients. His death […]
Clare Gerada: Awareness of suicide is important, but more vital are formalised measures to prevent it
While suicide is rare, it happens often enough that many doctors have been personally affected by a colleague, friend or family member taking their own lives. Estimates for the numbers […]
Emma Plunkett: Consultant fatigue—from anecdote to evidence
Recent research into the prevalence and impact of fatigue on health workers should be a call to action, says Emma Plunkett […]
Anthony Montgomery: Connecting healthcare professionals’ wellbeing and clinical practice
The logic of connecting healthcare professionals’ wellbeing and the enhancement of clinical practice should be obvious when we consider the substantial evidence-base which shows that how we perform is symbiotically […]
Richard Smith: Schwartz rounds—a simple way to support staff and promote compassionate patient care
Schwartz rounds have been shown to improve staff wellbeing and patient care; it’s time for them to be rolled out, says Richard Smith […]