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My friend used to be a plastic surgeon. He used to be rich and famous. He was in San Diego and got turned over to the medical board. He could have killed himself.
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How one simple question saved a surgeon’s life →
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Health Professional Confessional: “I buried all my pain in work” →
Mid-step on the sky bridge, boarding my flight—the message lands. Raw. Desperate. A life breaking apart in real-time:
“I’ve been in healthcare my entire life. Surgical services. Because I spoke up against wrongdoing, stood up for myself, I’m out of a job and can’t get a job anywhere now.
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How to survive the worst moments of your life (podcast) →
Live Your Dream School of Medical Arts Podcast Episode 1.
Unscripted, uncensored, unedited. Enjoy the raw, real thoughts of doctors.
Learn 6 strategies to survive the most traumatic events in your life.
Dr. Amir Friedman is an anesthesiologist from a family of Holocaust survivors.
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Dr. Jonathan Drummond-Webb Celebration (Highlight Reel) →
Enjoy our 45-min video highlights from our 6-hour celebration of life for Dr. Jonathan Drummond-Webb on the 20-year anniversary of his suicide. To view full version or join Sunday sessions on Dr. Drummond-Webb, contact Dr. Wible.
Highlight reel covers Christmastime suicides among 15 physicians (and 5 risk factors for doctor suicides during Christmas): tributes to Drs.
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Michelle Deserved Better →
It’s been a year since my friend Michelle killed herself on Christmas.
An emergency doc traveling the world helping anyone in need, Michelle died from lack of medical care—here in the US.
Asked why she became a doctor, she said “When I figured out what I was capable of and what the world needs,
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Suicide by Perfectionism: An Exploration of Childhood Wounds →
Recently a doc told me he got promoted to chief of pediatrics. “I’ve achieved all my goals.” He paused. “Only thing left is to donate my organs.”
I run a suicide helpline. I’ve heard these words before.
Even in death, the selfless physician strives to save lives.
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Physicians waive their HIPAA rights for privilege to practice medicine →
Most docs are unaware they waive their HIPAA rights when acquiring a medical license.
The right to practice medicine is a privilege. Each state regulates medical practice by state statute, often called their medical practice act. Most docs have never heard of nor read their state’s medical practice act.
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A surgeon’s video library of “sad cases.” Can they ever be erased? →
By Bob Peters, M.D.
Few surgeries are filmed. All are stored in our bodies as lived experiences.
Wouldn’t it be great if we could erase certain memories? Ones we most wish to forget may impact us
forever—our traumatic cases. Our saddest moments pop into our consciousness and seem to never
leave.
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Could your patient be an undercover DEA agent? →
In 2023, I lost two dear physician friends. To overzealous DEA agents.
Michelle, a stellar emergency physician with well-treated depression/ADHD for 20 years couldn’t find anyone to continue her meds when her doc retired. Depressed, she shot herself Christmas Day.
Randy could have saved Michelle.
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More than 1 million Americans lose their doctors to suicide →
Ripple effect of ONE doctor suicide. How many people are left behind . . .
Two weeks before her son was born, my physician friend’s obstetrician killed himself. Left behind his wife, three kids, and my friend.
Eighteen years later,
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Copycat Suicide to Copycat Savior →
People imitate people.
More than 1,600 people have died by suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. Harold Wobber was the first known suicide—1599+ people copied him.
Cassie Bond of Spokane, Washington (copying Paige Hunter of UK) is preventing suicides from a bridge in her town.
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Medical Malpractice & Doctor Suicide →
I lost several physicians to suicide amid medical liability cases (even frivolous ones!). Doctors are human and we can make mistakes that are not intentional. Sadly, physicians (and patients) are harmed by the current legal model. We can and should do better. I’m working on an innovative new way to handle medical mistakes outside of the legal system.
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Wildest Doctor Suicide Survival Story! →
He used to be a plastic surgeon. He used to be rich and famous. He was in San Diego and got turned over to the medical board. He could have killed himself. But you know what he did instead? He decided to make a bucket list of 100 things that he wanted to do before he died.
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3 sneaky ways the lucrative wellness industry injures doctors →
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