Kai Romero, MD, Chief Medical Officer, By the Bay Health, provides three steps for the grieving process during the pandemic. As frontline physicians have navigated this pandemic over the past year and a half, I’ve been surprised and delighted to see the myriad ways in which my colleagues have manifested their resilience. Even in the […]
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The teen years can be difficult in normal times, but mix in a pandemic, social distancing, and remote learning, and a mental health crisis can seem just around the corner for many young persons. Responding to this alarming trend, a powerful group of mental health experts conducted an hour-long webinar on Tuesday, April 13, for
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By: Kai Romero, MD May 22, 2020 Heartbreaking patient situations are the backbone of Emergency Medicine. Whether it’s a new cancer diagnosis, telling a family member that their loved one has died, or the creeping dread that a mistake that we’ve made will negatively impact one of our patients, we all experience extraordinary stress in
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by Deborah Schwing Bereavement Services Manager April 23, 2020 With the U.S. now under shelter-in-place orders, we find ourselves face to face with sudden limitations and unexpected, cumulative losses. How do we cope in our day-to-day lives with the barrage of news tallying the number of deaths by the thousands? How can we make sense
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