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36. Attorneys are pretty high up there too. My profession has one of the highest, if not the highest

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Thu Mar 17, 2016, 03:56 PM

Mar 2016

rates of alcoholism. Lots of stress to go around!

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How many more physicians will we lose to suicide? [View all] HuckleB Mar 2016 OP

maybe... they're.. artyteacher Mar 2016 #1

might well be...prescription drugs lead lots of people into darkness AxionExcel Mar 2016 #2

Damn! Pac-Man is a total bastard! Orrex Mar 2016 #17

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DUzy. surrealAmerican Mar 2016 #37

Not PacMan, but the pharmaceutical drugs AxionExcel Mar 2016 #53

Free clue. Requires reading ability. AxionExcel Mar 2016 #54

wakka wakka wakka Orrex Mar 2016 #55

Go PacMan!!!! GO! HuckleB Mar 2016 #60

Wow. HuckleB Mar 2016 #4

Just like dentists going crazy from amalgam fumes Orrex Mar 2016 #18

And sometimes they save lives. easttexaslefty Mar 2016 #34

The physician I had as a child committed suicide immediately Lint Head Mar 2016 #3

Too few of us understand the daily toll health care workers face. HuckleB Mar 2016 #5

Attorneys are pretty high up there too. My profession has one of the highest, if not the highest Dustlawyer Mar 2016 #36

Had no idea this was an issue. Rex Mar 2016 #6

I could make proposals, but it does seem like this should be part of the conversation... HuckleB Mar 2016 #8

So what is the answer then? More hiring? Robots? Rex Mar 2016 #10

It will have to be comprehensive. HuckleB Mar 2016 #11

Sleep use to be my greatest foe. I wonder if most working Americans suffer from sleep deprivation? Rex Mar 2016 #14

Yeah, I went back to grad school at 33. HuckleB Mar 2016 #19

As the son of a physician, this hits particularly close to home for me YoungDemCA Mar 2016 #7

I know it's an issue. A doctor committed suicide in our parking garage at my apartment last year. LisaM Mar 2016 #9

Most physicians are good at blowing off pharma reps. HuckleB Mar 2016 #12

My physician husband took his life 2 years ago.nt Mojorabbit Mar 2016 #13

My sincere condolences. HuckleB Mar 2016 #20

So sorry for your loss Majorabbit. progressoid Mar 2016 #23

I am so sorry to hear that. n/t reflection Mar 2016 #62

my condolences Mojorabbit steve2470 Mar 2016 #64

my daughter's physician quit greymattermom Mar 2016 #15

I work in a medical profession. Most, if not all, my colleagues, co-workers, associates are on Hiraeth Mar 2016 #16

One source of their situation? ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2016 #51

yes. We are expected to do our job like a production job. We are expected to be able Hiraeth Mar 2016 #52

It's a difficult proffession to say the very least. linuxman Mar 2016 #21

I married into a family of physicians. progressoid Mar 2016 #24

So did I. I'm also 840high Mar 2016 #25

And into the next generation... progressoid Mar 2016 #28

My brother-in-law was a very 840high Mar 2016 #30

The 2 I had used a pistol to do it. This was like 12 years ago. LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #26

It seems we could afford to pay much of the cost of medical school with what we spend on war. jalan48 Mar 2016 #27

We could certainly improve many things with that money! HuckleB Mar 2016 #46

there's so much we could afford if to do if we weren't so pre-occupied with our empire Fast Walker 52 Mar 2016 #48

It's the bullshit from the corporatization of medicine moonbeam23 Mar 2016 #29

Great for him........ mrmpa Mar 2016 #32

I know a lot of doctors are upset about new regulations and blame the ACA Fast Walker 52 Mar 2016 #50

The ACA hasn't made things any more onerous. HuckleB Mar 2016 #56

I agree. But the more wingnut-oriented MDs are only too happen to blame their problems on the ACA. Fast Walker 52 Mar 2016 #57

I work at a small clinic, and we went to E-records three years ago. HuckleB Mar 2016 #58

This will not get butter. AngryAmish Mar 2016 #31

I don't see docs being hampered by evidence based guidelines. HuckleB Mar 2016 #33

I Have Long Believed RobinA Mar 2016 #35

+1,000 ... 000 HuckleB Mar 2016 #38

There are not enough doctors to go around. Odin2005 Mar 2016 #39

I 'd like to see that link. HuckleB Mar 2016 #40

It was something I heard back in '09 or so, I can't remember the source, unfortunately. Odin2005 Mar 2016 #42

The charge was originally by Jeffrey Berlant in "Profession and Monopoly" in 1975 Recursion Mar 2016 #47

so we shouldn't be worrying abt the "physician shortage"? redruddyred Mar 2016 #70

The suicide statistic is true across all Western nations Nevernose Mar 2016 #41

Damn, a good hypothesis slayed by pesky facts. Odin2005 Mar 2016 #43

can you post the source of equal rates in western countries? JanMichael Mar 2016 #45

Ton of links at bottom Nevernose Mar 2016 #61

This Actually Fits RobinA Mar 2016 #59

I work at a medical School and was on the admissions committee for a couple years Fast Walker 52 Mar 2016 #49

is the rate of self destruction the same in other countries? JanMichael Mar 2016 #44

Most physicians, especially surgeons, have high stress jobs and access to drugs. nt tblue37 Mar 2016 #63

seems like these docs have a p good handle on how well shrinks respect their own patients redruddyred Mar 2016 #65

Can you clarify this post? HuckleB Mar 2016 #66

docs are by and large an arrogant bunch and psychiatrists are no exception redruddyred Mar 2016 #67

Some are, some not so much. HuckleB Mar 2016 #68

i've noticed that women and esp minority women docs don't tend to have redruddyred Mar 2016 #69

It's always good to have down-to-earth folks. HuckleB Mar 2016 #71

do you treat me/cfs patients? are you open to them? if so, would you like to namedrop? redruddyred Mar 2016 #72

I'm in pediatrics, so those things don't pop up on the radar, as far as I know. HuckleB Mar 2016 #73

pediatric cases too redruddyred Mar 2016 #74