The country is also now one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a medical worker. At least 30 doctors have been killed since the coup, a rights group says.
Tag: Doctors
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Doctors, Attend to Your Mental Health
Removing the stigma from mental health care for doctors. Also: War crimes in Ukraine; the “Don’t Say Gay” law; baseball signs; Alcoholics Anonymous.
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This Psychiatric Hospital Used to Chain Patients. Now It Treats Them.
Sierra Leone, one of the world’s poorest countries, is working to build a modern mental health system from scratch.
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Overlooked No More: Elizabeth Hayes, Coal Town Doctor Who Fought for Miners
“Dr. Betty” led 350 miners on a strike in Pennsylvania in 1945 demanding that the mining company that owned their town improve horridly unsanitary conditions.
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Doctors Face a Stigma Against Seeking Mental Health Care
The culture of medicine means no crying, no sleeping, no making mistakes. And no getting help.