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Below are several books of particular interest to clinicians related to their wellness. More print and electronic books are available on topics such as professional burnout and resilience.
Burnout in Women Physicians: Prevention, Treatment, and Management by
1st edition - This book is the first to dissect the factors contributing to burnout that impact women physicians and seeks to appropriately address these issues.
The Doctor Dilemma: How to Quit Being Miserable without Quitting Medicine by
The Doctor Dilemma is an easy-to-read book for busy physicians who are struggling with burnout, unhappiness, and career dissatisfaction, and may even be wondering if they made a mistake becoming a doctor.
Overcoming Secondary Stress in Medical and Nursing Practice by
2nd edition - The mental and physical health of caregivers impacts more than just that individual worker. It affects the health of their patients, it impacts their families, it shapes communities, it influences politics, and it plays into international relations. Overcoming Secondary Stress in Medical and Nursing Practice is an indispensable resource for medical and nursing professionals, students, and the counselors and therapists who work with them.
The Resilient Healthcare Organization: How to Reduce Physician and Healthcare Worker Burnout by
Professional burnout is an epidemic in America. Approximately half of physicians and nurses are affected and at risk for themselves and their patients. This book explores the current and future etiology and impacts on physicians and healthcare professionals, with a significant emphasis on solutions at both the individual level and the system level.
Restoring the Healer : Spiritual Self-Care for Health Care Professionals by
To both the spiritually active and the spiritually resistant, hospital chaplain William Dorman offers a guide to understand a more comprehensive, full-bodied self-care. Each chapter begins with case studies, concrete experiences that help unpack abstract concepts which bring much needed peace to stressed individuals. Dorman also structures each chapter to end with prayers and action steps, which offer more concrete ways to care for the self.
Wellbeing by
1st edition - This book provides a detailed guide for surgeons and surgical trainees on a variety of facets relevant to wellbeing, and how to maintain wellbeing throughout a career in academic surgery.
What Doctors Feel by
“A fascinating journey into the heart and mind of a physician” that explores the doctor-patient relationship, the flaws in our health care system, and how doctors'emotions impact medical care (Boston Globe) While much has been written about the minds and methods of the medical professionals who save our lives, precious little has been said about their emotions. Digging deep into the lives of doctors, Dr. Danielle Ofri examines the daunting range of emotions—shame, anger, empathy, frustration, hope, pride, occasionally despair, and sometimes even love—that permeate the contemporary doctor-patient connection.
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