Tag: doctor
Sitting is satisfying, for doctors and for patients
I recently read an article (1) suggesting that sitting is satisfying, for doctors and for patients. The article stated that: “Sitting at a patient's bedside is one of the...
Life as a country doctor
I attended a function last night in the town where I live and work, at which we hosted our young doctors and talked to them about life as a...
Diary of a Doctor’s Wife
These moments have taught me to become adaptable and go with the flow. My own solid rhythm is paramount these days, otherwise disappointment and frustration come knocking. Trust me, I have tried to control it and wanted it to be another way and it doesn’t work.
A Dance
My husband often works at the hospital at night and so as the saying goes, we are two ships passing, living a dance where we meet for moments. I...
Physician Heal Thyself: What Medical Training and the Body have taught...
While it would be nice to pretend otherwise, I did not embark on a career in medicine for altruistic reasons, to earn a good wage or even to gain...
Self-care when the doctor is the patient
It is well known that doctors generally make terrible patients. We self-diagnose, self-treat, delay getting help from an appropriately trained person who is not us, and when we do,...
Dr: Do two little letters define you?
Have you ever stopped to consider who you are or what defines you?
Is your self-worth or self-esteem wrapped up in those two little letters ‘Dr’?
How would you feel if...
The importance of having your own doctor – even when you...
As doctors, we have a tendency to diagnose and treat ourselves when we become ill, which is understandable, but this can get us into awful trouble, and we cannot...
