Not “burnout,” not moral injury—human rights violations
Pamela Wible MD
JUNE 20, 2025
Dr. Shay’s original definition was based upon his patients’ war narratives and Homer’s Iliad (762 B.C.) Since 2012, I’ve spoken to thousands of suicidal doctors—even published a book of physician suicide letters. In medicine, combating illness requires primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. Not burnout.
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