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This definitive textbook on Practitioner Health mixes academic rigour with practitioner and patient experiences. The book covers all aspects of care relevant to any regulated health professional, focusing on the care of doctors and nurses with mental illness. The book builds on themes introduced in the award-winning publication Beneath the White Coat: Doctors, Their Minds and Mental Health from the same author. It provides an invaluable ‘how to manage’ companion to supplement and enhance the broader issues relating to doctors and mental illness addressed in that first book.Drawing together 15 years of expertise in caring for more than 30,000 doctors with mental illness, the book is relevant to any health professional working in clinical practice and will be essential reading for those who regulate, appraise, train and support health practitioners across various disciplines.

This definitive textbook on Practitioner Health mixes academic rigour with practitioner and patient experiences. The book covers all aspects of care relevant to any regulated health professional, focusing on the care of doctors and nurses with mental illness. The book builds on themes introduced in the award-winning publication Beneath the White Coat: Doctors, Their Minds and Mental Health from the same author. It provides an invaluable ‘how to manage’ companion to supplement and enhance the broader issues relating to doctors and mental illness addressed in that first book.Drawing together 15 years of expertise in caring for more than 30,000 doctors with mental illness, the book is relevant to any health professional working in clinical practice and will be essential reading for those who regulate, appraise, train and support health practitioners across various disciplines.

Doctors and Their Crimes is a compelling and meticulously researched exploration of doctors who commit criminal acts. Written by two experienced general practitioners, the book examines high-profile cases of medical malpractice, fraud, manslaughter, sexual misconduct and abuse of power. Combining forensic analysis with professional insight, it reveals how these crimes unfold within the trusted structures of healthcare, where authority and access can be misused.Drawing on real-world cases and insights from the authors’ clinical experience, the book examines the ethical dilemmas, legal consequences and societal impact of these betrayals of trust. It explores how systemic failures within healthcare and legal frameworks can enable such crimes, while also addressing sensitive issues like racism, justice and professional accountability. Through expert analysis, it provides a nuanced understanding of the pressures and vulnerabilities that contribute to these breaches, offering valuable reflections on how trust in the profession can be restored.Going beyond individual stories to consider the wider consequences of these crimes, including their impact on public trust, healthcare policy and the relationship between medicine and the law, the book highlights the growing importance of trusted, independent sources of knowledge in addressing these challenges. By confronting medicine’s darkest moments, Doctors and Their Crimes sheds light on how established systems can fail and how understanding these failures is essential to restoring trust in the profession. An essential resource for healthcare professionals, academics and general readers alike, the book delivers a thought-provoking and nuanced examination of the ethical complexities and societal implications of professional misconduct in medicine.

Doctors and Their Crimes is a compelling and meticulously researched exploration of doctors who commit criminal acts. Written by two experienced general practitioners, the book examines high-profile cases of medical malpractice, fraud, manslaughter, sexual misconduct and abuse of power. Combining forensic analysis with professional insight, it reveals how these crimes unfold within the trusted structures of healthcare, where authority and access can be misused.Drawing on real-world cases and insights from the authors’ clinical experience, the book examines the ethical dilemmas, legal consequences and societal impact of these betrayals of trust. It explores how systemic failures within healthcare and legal frameworks can enable such crimes, while also addressing sensitive issues like racism, justice and professional accountability. Through expert analysis, it provides a nuanced understanding of the pressures and vulnerabilities that contribute to these breaches, offering valuable reflections on how trust in the profession can be restored.Going beyond individual stories to consider the wider consequences of these crimes, including their impact on public trust, healthcare policy and the relationship between medicine and the law, the book highlights the growing importance of trusted, independent sources of knowledge in addressing these challenges. By confronting medicine’s darkest moments, Doctors and Their Crimes sheds light on how established systems can fail and how understanding these failures is essential to restoring trust in the profession. An essential resource for healthcare professionals, academics and general readers alike, the book delivers a thought-provoking and nuanced examination of the ethical complexities and societal implications of professional misconduct in medicine.

This timely book offers a balanced and thoughtful review of the current mental health emergency and its impact upon and among medical professionals, supported by the best available evidence and illustrated through real-life cases. Recognising the increasing stressors in the role including the impact of the environment in which doctors work, the book examines some of the key emotional drivers for this unhappiness among doctors at work – shame, stigma, suffering and sacrifice – and offers practical steps to emotional and physical recovery. Despite the obvious challenges and stresses of the role, with the right support in place the vast majority of doctors can thrive in their jobs. In reading this book, policy makers, politicians, educators, hospital managers will be reminded of the ethical duty to ensure that doctors are cared for and have access to the time, people and spaces to remain psychological healthy, while doctors will learn to recognize and seek actively the help that they need, and to support and guide one another.

This timely book offers a balanced and thoughtful review of the current mental health emergency and its impact upon and among medical professionals, supported by the best available evidence and illustrated through real-life cases. Recognising the increasing stressors in the role including the impact of the environment in which doctors work, the book examines some of the key emotional drivers for this unhappiness among doctors at work – shame, stigma, suffering and sacrifice – and offers practical steps to emotional and physical recovery. Despite the obvious challenges and stresses of the role, with the right support in place the vast majority of doctors can thrive in their jobs. In reading this book, policy makers, politicians, educators, hospital managers will be reminded of the ethical duty to ensure that doctors are cared for and have access to the time, people and spaces to remain psychological healthy, while doctors will learn to recognize and seek actively the help that they need, and to support and guide one another.

This work is intended for those already in working in community care, including nurses, nursing students and social workers. It is aimed at those who have to provide palliative care from time to time, and at those who are considering a career shift into this field.

This volume, focusing on dermatology, is part of a survey of health care needs for specific conditions, published on behalf of the Department of Health. This study overall considers questions such as the population''s needs, the services available or unavailable to them, the effectiveness of these services, and other perspectives in disease and service areas. This is the second series of needs assessment reviews.

This timely book offers a balanced and thoughtful review of the current mental health emergency and its impact upon and among medical professionals, supported by the best available evidence and illustrated through real-life cases. Recognising the increasing stressors in the role including the impact of the environment in which doctors work, the book examines some of the key emotional drivers for this unhappiness among doctors at work – shame, stigma, suffering and sacrifice – and offers practical steps to emotional and physical recovery. Despite the obvious challenges and stresses of the role, with the right support in place the vast majority of doctors can thrive in their jobs. In reading this book, policy makers, politicians, educators, hospital managers will be reminded of the ethical duty to ensure that doctors are cared for and have access to the time, people and spaces to remain psychological healthy, while doctors will learn to recognize and seek actively the help that they need, and to support and guide one another.

This timely book offers a balanced and thoughtful review of the current mental health emergency and its impact upon and among medical professionals, supported by the best available evidence and illustrated through real-life cases. Recognising the increasing stressors in the role including the impact of the environment in which doctors work, the book examines some of the key emotional drivers for this unhappiness among doctors at work – shame, stigma, suffering and sacrifice – and offers practical steps to emotional and physical recovery. Despite the obvious challenges and stresses of the role, with the right support in place the vast majority of doctors can thrive in their jobs. In reading this book, policy makers, politicians, educators, hospital managers will be reminded of the ethical duty to ensure that doctors are cared for and have access to the time, people and spaces to remain psychological healthy, while doctors will learn to recognize and seek actively the help that they need, and to support and guide one another.

This volume, focusing on dermatology, is part of a survey of health care needs for specific conditions, published on behalf of the Department of Health. This study overall considers questions such as the population''s needs, the services available or unavailable to them, the effectiveness of these services, and other perspectives in disease and service areas. This is the second series of needs assessment reviews.

This work is intended for those already in working in community care, including nurses, nursing students and social workers. It is aimed at those who have to provide palliative care from time to time, and at those who are considering a career shift into this field.

This volume, focusing on dermatology, is part of a survey of health care needs for specific conditions, published on behalf of the Department of Health. This study overall considers questions such as the population's needs, the services available or unavailable to them, the effectiveness of these services, and other perspectives in disease and service areas. This is the second series of needs assessment reviews.