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We are all perfectly fine : a memoir of love, medicine and healing / Jillian Horton, M.D.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Horton, Jillian, 1974- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Horton, Jillian, 1974-.
- Horton, Jillian.
- Physicians--Canada--Biography.
- Physicians.
- Physicians--Psychology.
- Burn out (Psychology).
- Job stress.
- Burnout, Professional.
- Canada.
- Medical Subjects:
- Burnout, Professional.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 290 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- Harper Perennial trade paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : Harper Perennial, 2022.
- Summary:
- "When we need help, we count on doctors to put us back together. But what happens when doctors fall apart? Jillian Horton, a general internist, has no idea what to expect during her five-day retreat at Chapin Mill, a Zen centre in upstate New York. She just knows she desperately needs a break. At first she is deeply uncomfortable with the spartan accommodations, silent meals and scheduled bonding sessions. But as the group struggles through awkward first encounters and guided meditations, something remarkable happens: world-class surgeons, psychiatrists, pediatricians and general practitioners open up and share stories about their secret guilt and grief, as well as their deep-seated fear of falling short of the expectations that define them. Horton realizes that her struggle with burnout is not so much personal as it is the result of a larger system failure, and that compartmentalizing your most difficult emotions--a coping strategy that is drilled into doctors--is not useful unless you face these emotions too. Jillian Horton throws open a window onto the flawed system that shapes medical professionals, revealing the rarely acknowledged stresses that lead doctors to depression and suicide, and emphasizing the crucial role of compassion not only in treating others, but also in taking care of ourselves."-- Provided by publisher.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781443461665
- 1443461660
- OCLC:
- 1273929108
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