Surgeon publishes essay on mental health crisis in medicine
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An anonymous surgeon with 13 years of experience published an essay describing his own experiences with depression, anxiety, and burnout throughout his career. He ties these struggles to extreme work demands including 24/7 on-call shifts, loss of control over daily schedules, and administrative burden.
“Work is often the critical exacerbating and perpetuating factor in those dark times. Because as a surgeon I spend the vast majority of my lifetime at work, what happens there influences all other aspects of my life.”
Anonymous surgeonAnonymous surgeon (Dr. Eric Levi) Surgeon, 13-year practitionerDr. Andrew Bryant Brisbane gastroenterologist
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2 outlets The darker side of being a doctor
first by HN Best, 18h ago · also HN Frontpage
What people said 4 voices · verbatim
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(speaking from US): The reality is we need more doctors. A lot more.There's no solution other than training a lot, lot, lot, lot more doctors.Their salaries need to be lower, training needs to be cheaper and faster, and we need a lot more of them.
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I remember some friends working in intensive care during the pandemic, I'll never forget their facial expressions after these 24hr shifts... I really wish someone would come up with a better way to do this
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Healthcare is the last industry that should be privatized. It should be for the public good rather than for the profit of few.
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In the same vein: there’s the fantastic bookThis is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay
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