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Pulse: Doctors' Mental Health (Part 1)

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Doctors are human too. How can they look after patients when they are not well? In recent months, the suicide of four junior doctors in NSW has prompted the state government to look at the issue. Can you imagine 1 in 10 doctors have thought about suicide in the past 12 months? Dr Eric Li, a member of a special group in Health Education and Training Institute in NSW shares their findings.


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Doctors are human too. How can they look after patients when they are not well? In recent months, the suicide of four junior doctors in NSW has prompted the state government to look at the issue. Can you imagine 1 in 10 doctors have thought about suicide in the past 12 months? Dr Eric Li, a member of a special group in Health Education and Training Institute in NSW shares their findings.



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