The Wellbeing Toolkit for Doctors: A Supportive Guide to Help Everyone Working in Healthcare - Softcover

Lesley Morrison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1786785218 ISBN 13: 9781786785213

Publisher: Watkins Publishing, 2021

Synopsis

'Helpful and practical for doctors at all stages in their careers... very special and inspirational.' - Adam Kay, bestselling author of This Is Going To Hurt

Doctors can often experience a loss of sense of purpose, of not being the kind of doctor that they wanted to be. Feeling so caught up in protocols and guidelines can lead to losing a sense of self, of who you are and what you can contribute.

The Doctor's Wellbeing Toolkit offers ways in which doctors can enjoy their work and be themselves. In order to look after others, we need to look after ourselves.

Doctors need to keep creativity alive and stay connected with themselves. And the more stressful the time, the more important this is. The coronavirus pandemic has required new levels of dedication, commitment and hard work, and the impact on health professionals working through it has been huge.

A sense of powerlessness is a major contributor to low mood and poor self-esteem, but there are always ways in which you can reclaim control, take initiative, do something to make yourself, and anyone fortunate enough to be your patient, feel better. This book will show us how.

About this title

About the Author

Lesley worked as a GP for 25 years. She believes that the role of a doctor is to promote holistic health care and to engage with the wider issues which affect health. She has a longstanding interest in the role of medical humanities in medical education and clinical care, and she is co-editor of Tools of the Trade, a book of poetry gifted to all Scottish medical graduates with the aim of offering support and nurturing creativity. She strongly believes that, in order to care for others, doctors need to care for themselves, and this has never been more true.

Edition details

• Publisher: Watkins Publishing
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1786785218
• ISBN 13: 9781786785213
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192