Tag: #physicianburnout
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The Meaning Famine in Modern Medicine
A physician told me this week: “I have never had more data and felt less valued than I do right now. I mean, I don’t know if I can keep doing this.” That last line was spoken from such a deeply exhausted place that I felt myself leaning forward, my usual list of potential pivots…
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When Busy is Just Scared with a Better Mask
You cut the overhead. It made sense at the time. Actually, the numbers demanded it. The org chart got leaner. Positions were eliminated, the team shrank, the structure simplified. It was the responsible call. The leadership call. And then quietly, without announcement, the work that used to belong to other people became yours. You are…
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The 6 AM Email
By Sydney Ashland She sent the email at 6:00 am, from bed, without a second thought. She had been rolling over an issue from work that had been mentioned the previous day. It was only said in passing. It wasn’t something she had even agreed to research, but before she fell into bed, she felt…