Open AccessIntroduction to the Special Issue on Physician Mental Health
Author(s) -
Pamela Wible
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
qualitative research in medicine and healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2532-2044
DOI - 10.4081/qrmh.2019.8922
Subject(s) - witness , tragedy (event) , perfectionism (psychology) , anxiety , depression (economics) , mental health , psychiatry , psychology , pain and suffering , psychotherapist , medicine , social psychology , law , political science , economics , macroeconomics
Amid tragedy, a doctor’s most heroic act may be to listen - to be a sacred witness to the suffering of patients. Yet where do heroic doctors go with their pain? Who listens to the suffering of physicians? The guilt of not being able to do more for patients. The burden of delivering devastating news to families. The work-related anxiety and depression due to unrealistic expectations of perfectionism. (...)