First Do No Self Harm: Understanding and Promoting Physician Stress Resilience

by Charles R. Figley

Keeping doctors happy and productive requires a thorough understanding of the systemic causes and consequences of physician stress, as well as the role of resilience in maintaining a healthy mental state. The pressure of making life-or-death decisions along with those associated with the day-to-day challenges of doctoring can lead to poor patient care and communication, patient dissatisfaction, absenteeism, reductions in productivity, job dissatisfaction,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195383265
• ISBN13: 9780195383263
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 10.0"