The American Medical Association (AMA) is seeking better data on suicides among medical
students, residents and fellows. The association's house of delegates recently called on the …

“He stood out among the doctors we have encountered because of his decisiveness,
brilliance, kindness, and humility,” a nurse recalled.“Our patients always had great praises …

Objective Because there is no current information on medical student suicides, the authors
surveyed US medical schools about deaths by suicide of medical students from June 2006 …

Abstract In this Invited Commentary, the authors present a call to action regarding the
paucity of data related to medical student deaths by suicide. They review the limited …

Issue: Although the exact number is often disputed, it has been reported that approximately
300 to 400 physicians in the United States take their own lives annually. Despite calls from …

Objective: To estimate a rate of death by suicide in the Canadian medical student population
and examine the prevalence of institutional response policies for suicide. Methods: A survey …

• One in 9 medical students reports suicidal ideation during med school.• Suicide–most
common cause of death in male residents, second most common in women• Study of 7905 …

Three young female doctors have jumped to their deaths from the 33-storey apartment
building across from Mount Sinai St. Luke's Hospital in New York City in the past two years …

Since doctors are financially well off and are generally held in high esteem by the public, I
suspect that most people are surprised when they learn that the rate of suicide among …

In the first 2 months of the 2014-2015 academic year, 2 New York City medical interns died
in apparent suicides. In response, an intern from Yale School of Medicine wrote an op–ed in …