Medical education

We must recognize the limits of doctors’ work lives

The “age of the giants” has passed. The idea of larger-than-life doctors devoting themselves completely to patient care and sacrificing their personal lives in the process is giving way to an era of recognizing the limits to a physician’s work…

The “age of the giants” has passed. The idea of larger-than-life doctors devoting themselves completely to patient care and sacrificing their personal lives in the process is giving way to an era of recognizing the limits to a physician’s work life.

This change in attitude has been advanced, in part, by  …

Read more…

We must recognize the limits of doctors’ work lives