Brick Walls and Broken Hearts: Physicians Draw how they Feel

J Gen Intern Med · Dec 2024

Brick Walls and Broken Hearts: Physicians Draw how they Feel About Treating Pain and Addiction.

As part of a continuing medical education activity, primary care physicians in Arizona were asked to draw how they feel about treating patients with chronic pain and addiction. Their drawings, complete with cliffs, walls, torn-out hair, and connected hearts, make for a harrowing look at burnout, angst, and empathy among physicians who treat this subset of patients. Public health and exercise facilitators were troubled, leading them to publish this essay along with a selection of the drawings that depict the feelings of the physicians who feel ill-prepared to treat this patient population, which is only growing in number and needs.

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- Lisa R Villarroel, Aram S Mardian, Cynthia O Townsend, and Steven R Brown.
- Public Health Services, Arizona Department of Health Services, Phoenix, USA. lisa.villarroel@azdhs.gov.
- J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Dec 10.
AbstractAs part of a continuing medical education activity, primary care physicians in Arizona were asked to draw how they feel about treating patients with chronic pain and addiction. Their drawings, complete with cliffs, walls, torn-out hair, and connected hearts, make for a harrowing look at burnout, angst, and empathy among physicians who treat this subset of patients. Public health and exercise facilitators were troubled, leading them to publish this essay along with a selection of the drawings that depict the feelings of the physicians who feel ill-prepared to treat this patient population, which is only growing in number and needs.© 2024. The Author(s).

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