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Laura Vater: Women in medicine need your support
Laura Vater shared a post on X:
“New data: The suicide risk for female physicians is 76% higher than the general population.
Women in medicine need your support. We need reasonable workloads, adequate support, respect from colleagues, equitable pay, & work environments absent of discrimination & harassment.”
Authors: Claudia Zimmermann, Susanne Strohmaier, Harald Herkner, Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, Eva Schernhammer.
Source: Laura Vater/X
Laura Vater is a gastrointestinal oncologist at the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, specializing in colorectal, pancreatic, gastric, liver, and bile duct cancers. She developed the SMILE Scale™ in 2017, a tool used globally to help patients and clinicians prioritize health. Her research interests include narrative medicine to enhance clinician empathy and support caregivers in their work.
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