Doctors are not reaching for godliness. Sometimes they, like anyone else, fall short of their own and society's standards of behavior. MedTwitter
"In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men." ― Cicero
But other commenters and survey respondents felt the spotlight on physician conduct is helpful."Thanks for gathering information on this grossly understudied topic," one psychiatrist respondent wrote.Poor behavior often is judged on the basis of society's general standards and expectations. The majority of respondents felt these standards and expectations for physician behavior, both at and away from work, are at appropriate levels.
plain and simple, among doctors who are either arrogant or insecure or both. There's no way to keep a few bad apples out of the barrel. As the old ones drop out, new ones slide in."Many doctors believe you can't overstate the effects of job-related stress, which became worse during the COVD-19 pandemic and still worse in the healthcare labor shortage that followed.
Physicians pointed out that rude or aggressive behavior by patients is increasing, too. Increased access to doctors through patient portals and telehealth means"there is pressure to be available 24/7," an internist respondent wrote."When doctors have no personal time, they become irritable and resentful...so they lash out at staff."Behavior that one physician sees as inappropriate and/or unprofessional might be viewed as perfectly normal by another doctor.
"There are generational issues between 'old guard' and younger physicians in their definitions of professionalism," one respondent noted. An internist respondent put it more directly:"Wearing a bikini is not 'unprofessional behavior.' It's called living a life and being on vacation." "I witnessed multiple physician providers attack each other on social media over politics, COVID quarantines, and vaccines," an emergency medicine physician respondent wrote.
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