"Morphinism Among Physicians."

Burnout among physicians

Burnout is a common syndrome seen in healthcare workers, particularly physicians who are exposed to a high level of stress at work; it includes emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and low personal accomplishment. Burnout among physicians has garnered significant attention because of the negative impact it renders on patient care and medical personnel. Physicians who had high burnout levels...

Specialty Choice Among Physicians

Presenteeism among resident physicians.

individuals for leading healthy lifestyles is currently the subject of policy experiments in Europe. The Dutch Council for Public Health, like the British National Health Service and the GermanStatutoryHealth Insurance, is experimentingwith incentives to encourage healthy lifestyles in health insurance. What can be learned from these European policy experiments? First, it is questionable whethe...

Sudden Deaths Among Chinese Physicians.

IntroductIon Sudden deaths are always an important topic, which catches physicians and health professionals’ attention. Physicians and clinical scientists have reported their findings of unexpected deaths concerning about infants, children, young athletes, soldiers, adults with chronic diseases, and elderly people in thousands, if not millions of publications.[1,2] However, there are no existin...

Marital distress among resident physicians.

R esidency training has long been known to constitute a stressful time in the professional development of physicians.1-4 Considerable literature has documented problems in work performance,5 anxiety states,4 alcohol and drug abuse,6 depression7'8 and suicide9 among residents, but marital issues10 have been discussed less often. In 1984 Dr. Terry Isomura, Department of Psychiatry, Shaughnessy Ho...