Volume 54, Number 2

Well-Being

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EDITORIAL

The Importance of Well-Being

"We are all working toward our patients’ well-being, but this is difficult if not impossible if our own well-being is ignored or inadequately addressed."
By Stacey Kerr, MD

FEATURE ARTICLES

Physician, Heal Thyself Before Healing the System

"Instead of whining and blaming, let’s turn our lenses toward ourselves and see what we can do to enhance our well-being. Then we can use this ‘emotional intelligence’ to create a
healthier health care system."
By Lee Lipsenthal, MD

The Gathering of Physicians

"The monthly meetings of the Gathering of Physicians are organized as a conversation and discovery process, focusing on a specific topic chosen the previous month."
By Matthew Zwerling, MD

Rejuvenating a Career

"I needed to rejuvenate my career, and I finally gave myself permission to change. I envisioned developing a concomitant parallel career that I could grow into later in life."
By Walter Tom, MD

Collegiality, Where Are You?

"Sonoma County cannot afford to have Sutter doctors versus Memorial doctors, Santa Rosa doctors versus non-Santa Rosa doctors, specialists versus primary care."
By Jerome Morgan, MD

DEPARTMENTS

Local Frontiers: Exercise as Adjunct Therapy for Osteoporosis

"For someone with osteoporosis, a fall and resulting fracture can signal a downward spiral to immobility and fragility. It makes sense to incorporate a fitness program designed to build bones and keep patients on their feet."
By Cheri Lieurance, MA

Local Frontiers: Sun Protection in Children

"Until there is a shift in our cultural misperception of the ‘healthy tan,’ there will be barriers to protecting our children and ourselves from the dangers of the sun."
By Jeffrey Sugarman, MD, PhD

Practical Concerns: The Case Against Single Payer

"Neither arguments based on morality and justice nor those based on practical considerations support establishment of a single-payer system."
By Matthew L. Howard, MD, JD

Current Books: The Heart Has Its Reasons

"There is a delicious audacity in author Guy Claxton’s basic premise, namely, that most of the thinking we do is subconscious, Descartes be damned."
By Brien A. Seeley, MD

Current Books: Adventures in Forensic Medicine

"That the disciplines of physical anthropology, paleopathology, and forensic medicine might now and then intersect should come as no surprise. In at least one case, their convergence highlights the human condition with a little whimsy."
By Armand Gelpi, MD

Outside the Office: Spending Time with the Love of my Life

"It stands to reason that having an interest outside of medicine helps to balance the stresses of medical life."
By Steve Osborn

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