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The Doctor as Single
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by Alison Delory The Medical Post March 8, 2005 While marriage breakups are becoming common, raising kids as a single
parent isn't getting any easier and huge time demands have doctor-parents
suffering burnout. Here’s how some are coping. The Medical Society of P.E.I. is sending its 240 members, residents and
interns a book on physician health by Ottawa-based psychiatrist and Medical Post
columnist Dr. Mamta Gautam. Titled Irondoc, the
book deals with stress management techniques for physicians. The decision to
distribute it was made by MSPEI executive director Sandy Irwin, who heard Dr.
Gautam speak at a recent physician wellness conference in |