BMJ

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Reference: Benson J , Sexton R , Dowrick C , et al, Staying psychologically safe as a doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic As we face the ongoing global pandemic of COVID-19, doctors, and particularly general practitioners and family doctors (GPs), answer the call to serve in time-pressured, unfamiliar, chaotic, and often-traumatic environments.

Family Medicine 40

Family Medicine DO Mental Health Families 40

Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 18, 2025

Smith, a general internist and professor of medicine and psychiatry at Michigan State University, explains why our medical system consistently prioritizes physical over emotional health and presents some ambitious proposals for how to rectify this harmful disparity. This relatively slim volume is divided into three parts.

Mental Health 52

Mental Health IT Primary Care Primary Care Physician 52

33 Charts

OCTOBER 2, 2021

The problem is that doctors work in what I call a zero-sum medical day. It’s the physics of physician bandwidth: You can’t add something without taking something away. The local family doctor wants to use antibiotics and we need to know whether we should fly to Dubai. We’re in Quatar, Luke’s bloody diarrhea has returned.

Patients 75

Patients IT Provider Family Doctor 75