What happens when physicians become ill? How easy or difficult is it for physicians to relinquish the role of caretaker and to be cared for by others? What is unique about the psychological makeup of physicians, as well as the culture of medicine, that facilitates or impedes timely and comprehensive diagnosis and treatment? When doctors behave badly or out of character at work, what factors underlie such behavior, and what can be done about it? In assessing and treating physicians, what strategies are useful to assure accuracy while simultaneously diminishing morbidity and relieving suffering? And given the frightening rate of suicide in physicians, how can we—a collective of.
