In wars and conflict, family physicians are frequently called on to serve in expanded roles and are witnesses to the enormous mental and physical suffering of individuals, families, communities, and ...

A patient’s painful death leads a physician to ponder the traumatic nature of the healer’s role and the need to promote resilience in medicine. Night after night, Mrs. L was passed off to me by the ...

Work-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is three times higher in interns than the general population, new research shows. Investigators assessed PTSD in more than 1100 physicians at the end ...

In a secondary analysis of a trial, exposure to an educational video game on trauma triage was associated with a moderate increase in emergency department (ED) physicians’ willingness to transfer ...

By the time many young people arrive in an emergency department after experiencing violence or trauma, the injury may be new, but the circumstances that led there are often years in the making.

Note: Patient and family details have been modified to protect confidentiality. When I walked into the room, she and her father were looking through old photos together. He was more present that day, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Intern physicians commonly experienced work-related trauma exposure and PTSD, according to results of a cohort ...

A growing number of medical schools and hospitals are taking measures to help physicians experiencing job-related trauma, according to AAMCNews. Physicians have traditionally been expected to stay ...