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List of contents
Part 1: Every Doctor prioritising psychological and physical protection first
1. Re-writing personal stories of hope
2. Staying mentally strong under pressure
3. Making time for what matters most
4. Reassessing goals in all dimensions of life
5. Rethinking optimism with self compassion
6. Preventing and managing burnout
7. Sleeping well naturally night or day
8. Nurturing loving relationships at home
9. Trusting our own treating doctor
Part 2: Every Doctor promoting healthy workplace cultures, fairness and safety
10. Co-creating kinder cultures and clinical teams
11. Responding to challenging interactions with patients
12. Learning from mistakes, complaints and clinical incidents
13. Calling out conscious and unconscious biases
14. Eliminating discrimination, racism, sexual harassment, and bullying
15. Confronting Narcissistic Personality Disorder
16. Preventing and managing patient initiated violence
Part 3: Every Doctor building strong relationships by sharing challenges
17. Mentoring every junior doctor
18. Preventing and identifying mental injury
19. Reducing mental illness stigma
20. Helping colleagues seek early mental health care
21. Improving every doctors’ mental health literacy
22. Supporting colleagues with mental illness
23. Learning from loss, grief and serious physical illness
Part 4: Every Doctor saving lives through medical co-leadership
24. Making medical organisations work for us
25. Practising leadership values and ethics
26. Advocating through publishing and public speaking
27. Honouring inspirational stories of medical co-leadership
28. In conclusion
Index
About the author
Leanne Rowe General Practitioner and Past Deputy Chancellor, Monash University, Australia.
Vihangi Abeygunawandana Intensive Care Registrar, Northern Health, Australia.
Michael Kidd General Practitioner and Past President, World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA).
Summary
The second edition of Every Doctor advocates for a transformational change in the way doctors protect their mental health, look out for their colleagues, co-create a kinder, more humane work culture and lead health system reform.
