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Physician meditation, communication improve care

Learning "mindful meditation and communication" skills may sound to some doctors like a luxury for which they don't have time, but new research from the University of Rochester confirms it may be

Happy physicians make non-work a priority

While a happy life as a physician certainly is possible, doctors are more vulnerable to feeling down than others, psychotherapist and author Richard O'Connor told Medscape Today . The problem, he

3 weapons to battle physician stress

As doctors, you might be used to delivering the bad news first, so that's the sequence I'll go with. The first bit shouldn't come as much of a surprise: As a species, you're stressed. Specifically,

Surprising insights into tough patient interactions

It's not something most readers would notice, but I make a conscious effort to avoid terms such as "deal with," or "handle" in connection with patients, physicians and anyone else who isn't immediate

Protect physicians, patients with a plan to fight burnout

With life-or-death decisions at the heart of what they do, not to mention the myriad other pressures mounting on their profession, physicians are particularly susceptible to burnout. People who