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Medical relief work overseas

Are you serious about medical relief work - and ideally two to three years post-qualification with some experience of working overseas? The specialist aid charity...
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Welcome to Support 4 Doctors

Getting the work/life balance right. Handling pressure. Dealing with career, health and financial issues. These are some of the challenges you may be facing as a doctor. Support4Doctors offers independent information, advice and support – plus links to a wide range of organisations that can help.

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Careers: media medic - something you can do?

Interview with Dr Carol Cooper, Five News resident doctor and The Sun newspaper's doctor More »

Doctors as patients: case study - cancer

Dr Sarah Burnett tells of being both doctor and patient - a personal reflection on her experience of breast cancer, with a message that can apply to other doctors whatever the disease, as outlined by a response from psychosocial oncology researcher Professor Lesley Fallowfield.
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Sessional GPs: the medico-legal risks

Sara Williams, writer & editor at the Medical Protection Society, explores some of the medico-legal risks that may be faced by sessional GPs and suggests some preventative measures. More »

Mental health - barriers to doctors' own care

The Department of Health has sought to address the needs of doctors with mental illness in its 2008 report, highlighting how the NHS can improve to better manage mental ill health in doctors. More »