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Why medical conferences feel like funerals →

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A friend just got back from a big medical conference at a fancy hotel. The cleaning ladies actually pulled her aside to ask, “What’s with all the grim faces and sad eyes?”

Do doctors realize medical conferences look like funerals? That’s what the cleaning ladies think.

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Heroic Doctor’s Heart-Wrenching Letter →

Most heart-wrenching e-mail I have ever received. From a true hero, Dr. Varun.

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November 18, 2014

Dear Pamela,

Hi, der. I don’t know how thankful I am to you for writing that article on physician’s suicide. I really wanted to hug you after reading it.

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Physician Suicide Challenge →

This summer I did the [ALS] ice bucket challenge. But I’m challenged by another disease. A disease so scary people won’t say it out loud. A disease so frightening that doctors are afraid to talk about it. A disease so feared that physicians falsify death certificates, families deny the cause of death, 

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Physician Suicide 101: Secrets, Lies & Solutions →

Last week I delivered this talk twice at the American Academy of Family Physicians Scientific Assembly in Washington DC, and I also presented it to third-year medical students at The Commonwealth Medical College of Pennsylvania. It is fully transcribed here. Every medical student and physician needs this information. Please share widely.

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How to graduate medical school without killing yourself →

I delivered this presentation on August, 28, 2014, to medical students at the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific-Northwest and received my first standing ovation. Transcript and videos below.

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Introduction: Pamela Wible, M.D., is a family physician born into a family of physicians.

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