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Physician Suicide
Gayleen M. Eilers, MD
St Luke's Family Practice Residency Program Milwaukee, Wis
Arch Fam Med. 1996;5(4):197-198.
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As a physician recovering from depression, I support the views of Kay Bauman, MD, in her discussion of the medical profession's view of mental illness and suicide in colleagues.1 I am a physician who attempted suicide. I failed. Not because I intended to. Not because it "shouldn't" have worked. The response of my colleagues added further trauma and hurt to an already painful situation.
During my months in treatment, there was essentially no communication with me from my clinic and colleagues. Professionally, I was alone and isolated. I felt as if they thought I had died. When I was ready to return to work, I learned I would not be allowed to return to my job in the residency program where I had been a faculty member. I was not included in the discussions regarding my return, and no one talked with me before making this decision. Although the
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