Brainwaves

There is a nationwide epidemic happening right now. And it's not some terrible virus, it's not because of anything we've had to eat or drink. It is an occupational hazard of the hospital environment: Physician suicide. Dr. Pamela Wible, Founder of the Ideal Medical Care Movement, shares her unique approach to this preventable plague. Produced by James E. Siegler. Music by Andrew Sacco, Damiano Baldoni, Kevin McLeod, Jason Shaw, and Rafael Archangel. Voiceover by Patrick Green. BrainWaves' podcasts and online content are intended for medical education only and should not be used for clinical decision making. REFERENCES Kesselheim AS and Austad KE. Residents: workers or students in the eyes of the law? The New England journal of medicine. 2011;364:697-9. Witte TK, Fitzpatrick KK, Joiner TE, Jr. and Schmidt NB. Variability in suicidal ideation: a better predictor of suicide attempts than intensity or duration of ideation? J Affect Disord. 2005;88:131-6. Goldman ML, Shah RN and Bernstein CA. Depression and suici