"So what's so special about doctors and their families?" "Many doctors feel that they are expected to give too much of their time to a medical career to the detriment of their family and their personal lives. This book is a practical guide to provide support and ideas on how to …
"So what's so special about doctors and their families?" "Many doctors feel that they are expected to give too much of their time to a medical career to the detriment of their family and their personal lives. This book is a practical guide to provide support and ideas on how to …
The rise of suicide and burnout among physicians has brought a new disease to the healthcare provider, which we previously thought only affected the soldier: moral distress syndrome, second only to moral injury. In this book we introduce the concept of moral distress syndrome, w…
What happened that changed the priest--the revered healer of antiquity--into a person of science? How was the modern doctor made? Physician Rajeev Kurapati's earnest attempt to answer this question and others central to the practice of medicine. For instance, how have the advanc…
"The rise of suicide and burn out among physicians has been brought a new syndrome to healthcare impacting physicians and clinicians alike. In the military world, this condition affects soldiers and is referred to PTSD. But in healthcare, this syndrome is called moral distress. …
"The rise of suicide and burn out among physicians has been brought a new syndrome to healthcare impacting physicians and clinicians alike. In the military world, this condition affects soldiers and is referred to PTSD. But in healthcare, this syndrome is called moral distress. …
""Personal struggles with crises or with certain aspects of identity sometimes enhance, sometimes limit, but always affect our clinical work." So notes editor Barbara Gerson in introducing this collection of powerfully illuminating and often poignant essays in which contributors…
Pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Special issues in palliative and end-of-life care -- pt. 3. Specific populations and settings -- pt. 4. Social, legal, ethical, and organizational influences -- pt. 5. Implications for practice : models to address countertransference in palliative a…
End-of-life care is a specialized area of work that crosses a number of academic and professional disciplines, including social work, counselling, physical medicine, geriatrics, nursing, counselling, psychology and social work. This text considers some of the most important issu…