Websites
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1071213 – WMJ article by Rachel Naomi Remen about “Recapturing the Soul of Medicine”
http://www.physiciansguide.com/dochlth.html – Physician’s Guide to the Internet. Nice array of articles emphasizing physician health. Topics include general tips for staying well, stress management, and an introduction to one form of mindfulness meditation
http://stress.about.com/od/lowstresslifestyle/a/selfcare.htm – About.com articles on self-care
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?iid=116276 – Western Journal of Medicine articles centering on physician wellness
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/faculty-dev/wellness/home.cfm – University of Virgina physician wellness site.
http://www.washington.edu/provost/initiatives/balance/ – University of Washington wellness site
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/hrs/wellness/healthplus.htm – Vanderbilt faculty and staff wellness program
http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/ – Healthcare renewal site, with blogs by MD’s about an array of topics, including self-care
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/HealthToolsIndex/HealthToolsIndex – Mayo Clinic Calculator – helps with assessment of your risks for various illnesses
http://www.preventdisease.com/healthtools/tools.html – Another resource for gauging your health in various areas
Books
http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/listmania/… – Links to a “Healing the Healer” book list on Amazon.com, with a large listing of potentially relevant books.
“I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.”
-Billie Jean King
“[M]y wife and I had to come to realize one of the chief difficulties of the family doctor -the constant drain upon the emotions. To stand helplessly while relentless organisms destroy a beautiful mother, a fine father, or a beloved child, creates terrible emotional distress; and this feeling is increased by the necessity of suppression. That is why the average lifetime of family doctors is 55 years, most of them succumbing to functional impairment.”
-Joseph Jerger, MD, written in 1939