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Episode: Pamela Wible On Physician Suicide
Description: Pamela Wible is a Family Practice physician who has taken on the cause of physician suicide. We discuss the acuity of the problem and the disconnect between public understanding and the reality of the problem. Sadly, Dr Wible is probably correct when she surmises that almost every physician in America knows someone in medicine who killed themselves. The conversation also moves through how the problem can begin to move towards improvement.
Key Learnings
Why Dr. Wible took on the issue of physician suicide
951 physicians dead by suicide
How do non-physicians understand the idea of physician suicide
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