Suicide risk: automated underwriting versus medical experts
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Experts address risk of physician suicide.
STUDIES OVER THE PAST 4 DECADES have shown that physicians die by suicide more frequently than nonphysicians. Because of this striking finding, experts with knowledge and experience in areas including medicine, health insurance, and physician licensing recently convened to address factors in the profession that can discourage physicians experiencing depression and other psychiatric conditions f...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Medical Association Journal
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0820-3946,1488-2329
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.181058