| First Do No Self Harm: Understanding and Promoting Physician Stress Resilience Contributor(s): Figley, Charles (Author), Huggard, Peter (Author), Rees, Charlotte (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195383265 ISBN-13: 9780195383263 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $136.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2013 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Physicians - Social Science | Social Work |
| Dewey: 610.695 |
| LCCN: 2012047889 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 7.3" W x 10" (1.90 lbs) 396 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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, and lowered retention. This edited volume will provide a comprehensive tool for understanding and promoting physician stress resilience. Specifically, the book has six interrelated objectives that, collectively, would advance the evidence-based understanding of (1) the extent to which physicians experience and suffer from work-related stress; (2) the various manifestations, syndromes, and reaction patterns directly caused by work-related stress; (3) the degree to which physicians are resilient in that they are successful or not successful in coping with these stressors; (4) the theories and direct evidence that account for the resilience; (5) the programs during and following medical school which help to promote resilience; and (6) the agenda for future theory, research, and intervention efforts for the next generation of physicians. |