BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Conscientious refusal among physicians to provide medical care is known to exist. The prevalence of conscientious refusal in residents and behaviors surrounding moral objections is largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to identify the prevalence of moral objections among family medicine residents and faculty members and to identify beliefs and actions surround...

BACKGROUND Interest in alternative and complementary medical practices has grown considerably in recent years. Previous surveys have examined attitudes of the general public and practicing physicians. This study examined the training, experience, and attitudes of medical school faculty, who have the primary responsibility for the education of future family physicians. METHODS A 24-item, self-...

Academic family physicians often struggle trying to write for publication. While there are many prolific writers in family medicine, others find writing to be a challenging task. This not only affects their applications for promotion and tenure, but has much broader implications for the discipline of family medicine. Family physicians at our institution, Memorial University of Newfoundland in S...

BACKGROUND Occupational stress is an undesired factor causing discomfort for healthcare workers. Stressors in work can lead to dissatisfaction and in turn, this may affect patient care adversely. The aim of this study was to evaluate the occupational stress among residents and faculty physicians of various medical specialties working night shifts. METHODS Residents and faculty physicians work...

We surveyed faculty and residents from seven hospitals affiliated with three academic internal medicine training programs about their perceptions of the informational and service benefits vs the risks of ethical compromise involved in interactions with pharmaceutical sales representatives. Questionnaires were returned by 467 (81%) of 575 physicians surveyed. Residents and faculty generally had ...

A productive and ethical relationship between the pharmaceutical industry and physicians is critical to improving drug discovery and public health. In response to concerns about inappropriate financial relationships between the pharmaceutical industry and physicians, national organizations representing physicians or industry have made recommendations designed to reduce conflicts of interest, le...

BACKGROUND Extensive literature documents personal distress among physicians and a decrease in their satisfaction with the practice of medicine over recent years. We hypothesized that physicians who spent more of their time in the aspect of work that they found most meaningful would have a lower risk of burnout. METHODS Faculty physicians in the Department of Internal Medicine at a large acad...

• Objective: To determine what annual increase in malpractice premiums would be acceptable to academic physicians at a large institution. • Methods: All 270 full-time physician faculty in the department of medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2004 were invited to participate in this study. A contingent valuation approach was used to assess willingness to accept a specified...