TY - JOUR
AU - Shanafelt, Tait
AB - Ann Surg Oncol (2011) 18:1213–1216 DOI 10.1245/s10434-011-1629-z EDITORIAL Dynamic Tension Between Success in a Surgical Career and Personal Wellness: How Can We Succeed in a Stressful Environment and a ‘‘Culture of Bravado’’? 1 2 Charles M. Balch, MD FACS and Tait S. Shanafelt, MD 1 2 Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN ‘‘Many cancer surgeons are troubled by com- putting personal life ‘‘on hold’’ to cope with stress, con- monly occurring stressors, which may be masked sistent with the well-described psychology of delayed by the bravado of the surgical culture…It is time gratification reported to be commonly used by physicians 3,4 to recognize and proactively address the problems to deal with excessive work demands and stress. of burnout and poor quality of life in physicians…. The MSKCC study, a collaborative effort between the Our data show that burnout, and its associated Departments of Surgery, Psychiatry, and Employee Health, problems, are truly widespread occupational highlighted major causes of distress among their surgical hazards that deserve a systematic, organizational faculty and solicited valuable information about modifiable intervention… Tension exists between a culture of solutions; their publications represent a refreshing trans- productivity and the need for self-care’’. parency 
TI - Dynamic Tension Between Success in a Surgical Career and Personal Wellness: How Can We Succeed in a Stressful Environment and a “Culture of Bravado”?
JF - Annals of Surgical Oncology
DO - 10.1245/s10434-011-1629-z
DA - 2011-03-03
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/dynamic-tension-between-success-in-a-surgical-career-and-personal-GOVbx3neJ5
SP - 1213
EP - 1216
VL - 18
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -