Is the main tenet of the hippocratic oath but what happens when doctors have to navigate a system that can prevent them from putting patients 1st today will explore what some are calling a Public Health emergency in the us doctors who are so burned out that they are quitting or worse killing themselves in shocking numbers why is the system letting doctors and patients down are you a medical professional we want to hear from you join the conversation in our lives you tube chat to doctors have already said assert thoughts here take a look. Doctors have the highest suicide rate of any profession i run a doctor suicide hotline and ive investigated more than 1300. 00 doctor suicides root cause analysis reveals Human Rights Violations as the culprit doctors who dont succumb to suicide are victims to coping with abuse is not a solution ending abuse is injured morals offers no solution burnout is just a smokescreen Human Rights Violations are killing doctors and patients lets focus on facts an
A look. Doctors have the highest suicide rate of any profession i run a dr suicide hotline and ive investigated more than 1300. 00 doctor suicides root cause analysis reveals Human Rights Violations as the culprit doctors who dont succumb to suicide are victims to coping with abuse is not a solution ending abuse is injured morals offers no solution burnout is just a smokescreen Human Rights Violations are killing doctors and patients lets focus on facts and Real Solutions so when the Insurance Company calls and says that theyre not going to pay for the medication that you perceive writing or when a Hospital Administrator said you must discharge your patient today obviously these are examples that your ability to provide good patient care but they also come to you as if youve made the wrong decision and that can be felt as an attack. So get this every year more than 1000000. 00 americans lose their doctor to suicide now traditionally in the us doctors have been viewed as noble well paid
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As that lucky guy because today i get to meet Abraham Verghese and him to you and just a quick aside this i hadnt planned and met dr. Verghese this morning and you know ive been doing these events for about six years now and i met darcy and it kind of embarrassing because i started crying. I cant explain the effect that hes had me as a doctor and a reader. So its just a little bit. But dr. Verghese, his book, the covenant of water has spent nine months on the New York Times bestseller list, which is incredible for two reasons. Number one, it came out nine months ago, and number two, its 715 pages long and know and we live in america in 2024. Were not in russia in 100 years ago. So at 750 page book to be on the vessel, it is pretty, pretty cool. And you know, aside from being a literary luminary, hes a thought leader. The world of medicine, as you know, hes chair professor, vice chair of of the school of medicine at that place up the road. The road, stanford. So before we talk about the