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Tackle burnout and moral injury to prevent doctor suicide

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By Janice Blanchard, Lauren Munoz, Margaret Ziemann, Patricia Pittman
| The BMJ Verified
Janice C Blanchard, professor, emergency medicine1, Lauren Munoz, postdoctoral associate2, Margaret Ziemann, research scientist2, Patricia Pittman, professor and director2 1George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA 2Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA jblanchard{at}mfa.gwu.edu Zimmermann and colleagues’ paper on physician suicide and the importance of mental health draws attention to an urgent topic1 but does not go...
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Re: Suicide rates among physicians compared with the general population in studies from 20 countries: gender stratified systematic review and meta-analysis

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By Janice Blanchard, Lauren Munoz, Patricia Pittman, Margaret Ziemann MPH
| The BMJ Verified
Dear Editor, Zimmermann’s paper highlighted the tragedy of physician suicide and the importance of mental health.1 While the article renews focus on an important issue, it does not go into detail on the drivers that can lead to depression and suicide. A major cause of depression in physicians and health care workers in general is burnout and moral injury.
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People with Sickle Cell Deserve More Respect from Health Care Providers Original

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By Janice Blanchard
| Scientific American Verified
More than 50 years ago my parents took a big chance. They fell in love, got married and had three daughters, not knowing that they both carried the genetic trait for sickle cell disease. When I first started my career in emergency medicine 28 years ago, the main treatments for this disease were intravenous fluids, oxygen and a powerful narcotic used to manage the pain of sickle cell.
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