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Physician burnout - Part 4
I was reminded that my response to the stressors at work during the COVID-19 pandemic are to be expected. It’s normal to feel stress...
Valerie Brooke, MD
Feb 11, 20213 min read
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Physician burnout - Part 3 - Suicide
By the time the COVID-19 surge in our community did arrive last fall, I was ready. In the months prior I had recognized that I was...
Valerie Brooke, MD
Feb 9, 20213 min read
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Physician burnout - Part 2
I suddenly had the insight that what I was experiencing was physician burnout, something I had not yet experienced so acutely on the job...
Valerie Brooke, MD
Feb 7, 20215 min read
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Physician burnout - Part 1
Last year when the SARS-CoV2 was just starting to circulate in the US (or, more accurately, the awareness of its presence was becoming more
Valerie Brooke, MD
Feb 5, 20215 min read
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Death in the time of COVID-19
Some of my patients have died from COVID, some have severe long-term effects from the disease that will not allow them to return to their pr
Valerie Brooke, MD
Feb 3, 20214 min read
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Long term effects of surviving severe COVID-19
The truth is that you can’t change someone’s belief, because they do not reside in the rational or cognitive part of the brain. Maybe some d
Valerie Brooke, MD
Feb 1, 20215 min read
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My Oath and patients who don't believe in COVID-19
It is true that this is the most challenging time I have had thus far in my career as a physician. And it’s not just the long hours...
Valerie Brooke, MD
Jan 30, 20214 min read
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The pandemic has brought me back to my passion for writing
It has made me dig deeply into my reserves of patience, love, compassion, and kindness, for my patients, my family, my friends, and myself.
Valerie Brooke, MD
Jan 30, 20212 min read
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