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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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