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“Much of the emotional and psychological damage we accrue in the workplace is inflicted by other healthcare workers. In a field that already struggles against the laws of physics and biology, we complicate our mission with the additional burden of interpersonal conflict. Like the illnesses of so many of our patients, that affliction is preventable.”
Revisiting the effects of negative workplace culture in healthcare in this week's In Practice blog post, physician assistant Harrison Reed calls on all healthcare workers to take responsibility for preventing a toxic work environment, offering simple strategies, like being polite to each other.
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