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Not “burnout,” not moral injury—human rights violations

Pamela Wible MD

Since that 2015 conversation, I’ve been debunking burnout as a victim-blaming buzzword that prolongs physician agony by avoiding the real issue leading to physician despair. Yet moral injury is not an official diagnosis. Enter the real diagnosis—human rights violations—with clear evidence-based solutions. He replied, “Yes.”

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

GeriPal

It was also the time that in 2015, that people who were trans and famous really put being trans on the map at that time, too. Jace 29:36 We see higher rates of mental health challenges that I think are due to overcoming adversity. And I remember I was actually featured at the time for, like, the Pride celebration up at Sinai.

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What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

GeriPal

The MAID issue then came on the table in Canada after the 2015 Supreme Court ruling in Carter v. Alex: Self-administer and psychiatric illness is not considered a qualifying diagnosis. There was a case in BC a few months ago of a woman with mental health issues who had suffered from depression, chronic suicidality at times.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

Our field really lacks specificity in the terms that we use, and I think we really don’t know how chronic cancer pain, let’s say, a few years out from that initial diagnosis differs from, let’s say, chronic low back pain. I think- Eric: I was going to say that. Katie: Yeah. Jessie: Right.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

But what happened when we finally… When he did get the diagnosis, it all fell into place. I think the big one for me, it was in 2015. 2015, 2016. So if you think about dementia, it’s on the intersection of aging stigma and mental health stigma. But it was also later on in the disease. Malaz: Yeah.

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Keynote: Finding your bliss—beating physician “burnout”

Pamela Wible MD

And now what we have all been waiting for, our keynote speaker on today’s theme of mental health. An inspiring leader and educator of the next generation of physicians, Doctor Wible has been named one of the 2015 Women Leaders in Medicine and the “Physicians Guardian Angel.” I give you Dr. Pamela Wible. To be real.

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