For Doctor Burnout, Meditation and Mindfulness

In this week’s Doctor and Patient column, Dr. Pauline Chen writes about an ever-widening sea of distractions, including paperwork, insurance battles and electronic records and communications, that can interfere with a doctor’s focus on medicine. And she explores a solution — meditation and mindfulness to help the doctor get back to the business of doctoring.

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Among Doctors, an Epidemic of Distress

While much has been written about the role that long-work hours play in medical mistakes, less is known about the toll of stress, depression and burnout, writes Dr. Pauline Chen.

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

To see this program visit https://www.createspace.com/20572. This is a part of a one-hour documentary I made to help professionals in high stress situations deal with burnout and PTSD. The doctor is brilliant and I hope that his comment helps those in need. David Hoffman — filmmaker Duration : 0:0:58

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