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Acute and Chronic Illness in the Physician

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In this chapter, we explore the challenges faced by the physician who becomes ill while in practice. The author begins by describing her own story as a lived experience, a journey. Three key areas emerge in this chapter, including personal barriers to accessing care, institutional impediments to financing time for treatment and recovery, and challenges for returning to work after treatment. There are separate subsections for other issues physicians may face which include recognition, treatment and destigmatization of mental illness and substance use disorder and the burden of working through the COVID pandemic. Evidence-based resources are provided for guidance on endeavors to inform institutional leadership of priorities for care for the physician workforce.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics Adolescent Medicine Division, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA

    Cora Collette Breuner

  2. Executive Committee Section on Integrative Medicine American Academy of Pediatrics, Seattle Children’s Hospital University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Cora Collette Breuner

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  1. Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA

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  2. General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA

    Jessica Babal

  3. General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA

    Megan A. Moreno

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Breuner, C.C. (2023). Acute and Chronic Illness in the Physician. In: Webber, S., Babal, J., Moreno, M.A. (eds) Understanding and Cultivating Well-being for the Pediatrician. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10843-3_3

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