The Dark Side of Doctoring

The strategy of manufacturing health destroys the professionals who must work within it......
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I’m a surgeon. I’d like to think that I’m resilient and well-adjusted, having gone through medical school and rigorous surgical training. I’ve been a doctor for 13 years and much of that period has been spent training to be as good a surgeon as I could ever be. I have great family support, a physician wife who understands my work and I’ve never been diagnosed with a mental illness.

The suicide death of Dr. Andrew Bryant, a Brisbane gastroenterologist last week hit a raw nerve. His wife wrote this honest and courageous letter: