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Our town lost 8 doctors to suicide. Here’s why. (Dinner & documentary with Dr. Wible) →

Jumping off hospital rooftops, hanging themselves in janitorial closets, overdoing on drugs—our doctors are dying by suicide. Why?

Join us Friday, November 11 at Tsunami Books in Eugene, Oregon, for a marvelous Mediterranean dinner to celebrate Dr. Wible’s book, Physician Suicide Letters—Answered, and take a sneak peek at the forthcoming documentary on our physician suicide crisis.

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Tags: burnout, doctor suicide, medical student abuse, medical student burnout, medical student depression, medical student suicide, Physician abuse, physician bullying, physician burnout, physician depression, physician suicide

Hospital fires doctor for having cancer →

Dear Pamela,

You’ll never guess what happened to me today. Hours after the National Day of Solidarity to Prevent Physician Suicide volunteer webpage went live, I received an email stating that I am officially terminated from my psychiatry residency program. On this webpage,

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Tags: depressed psychiatrist, doctor suicide, doctor with cancer, hospital bullying, job discrimination, Physician abuse, Physician discrimination, physician suicide, resident abuse, resident bullying, suicidal psychiatrist, unprofessional physician

Doctor explains insurance from bubble bath →

Hi! This is Dr. Pamela Wible and welcome to “Insurance 101” where I’m going to explain my philosophy about health insurance. So let’s just use the rubber duckies as kind of a teaching tool here. So this is you, the doctor, and here’s the patient. And so you all are sitting in the room doing your office visit.

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Tags: burnout, direct primary care, doctors, happy doctor, health insurance, ideal medical care, medical school, patient abuse, patient bullying, patient depression, patient profiling, Physician abuse, physician bullying, physician burnout, physician depression, Physician entrepreneur, physician suicide

Why are mental health questions still allowed on physician job applications? →

DearPamela

Dear Pamela,

Question for you in regards to disclosure about mental illness. In every job that I have applied for, as part of the credentialing process, there are questions about felonies, treatment for drug/alcohol abuse and mental illness. Why are mental health questions still allowed to be on there?

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Tags: credentialing, hospital privileges, medical board applications, medical student burnout, medical student depression, medical student suicide, Physician abuse, physician bullying, physician burnout, physician depression

Physician Suicide Letters—Answered (a sneak peek inside my new book) →

On January 11, 2016, just before midnight, I uploaded a game-changing book to Amazon. I’m now awaiting my proof before releasing the book to the world. (As of January 15th it’s now available on Amazon here). Medical education and practice will never be the same.

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Tags: medical school, medical student abuse, medical student bullying, medical student depression, medical student suicide, Physician abuse, physician bullying, physician burnout, physician depression, physician suicide, Physician Suicide Letters—Answered

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Our town lost 8 doctors to suicide. Here’s why. (Dinner & documentary with Dr. Wible) →

Hospital fires doctor for having cancer →

Doctor explains insurance from bubble bath →

Why are mental health questions still allowed on physician job applications? →

Physician Suicide Letters—Answered (a sneak peek inside my new book) →

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