Tom Murphy, MD

Tom Murphy is a physician and author.

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Physician voices

The time for medical liability reform is now. Here’s why.

Tom Murphy, MD

September 4, 2015Sep 4, 201536

Have you been injured? Call us at this number! You may be entitled to a reward! We have all seen these advertisements on TV. Our society has become conditioned to expect perfection. If a patient suffers a known complication from…

Have you been injured? Call us at this number! You may be entitled to a reward!

We have all seen these advertisements on TV. Our society has become conditioned to expect perfection. If a patient suffers a known complication from a condition or dies, there is a feeling that someone must be held accountable — even if everything was done perfectly from a medical standpoint. Medical malpractice litigation has exploded over …

Physician voices

The story of how one physician recovered from burnout

Tom Murphy, MD

August 19, 2015Aug 19, 201586

Time was baffling. It seemed like just yesterday; I sat in a posh auditorium in Chicago as an enthusiastic young adult during my first day of medical school orientation at Northwestern in 1995. Eighteen years later I was a forty-three-year-old burned out physician, practicing in Boise, Idaho, doing Google searches on the most effective way to end my life. During my time …