No one thinks they're at risk of a boundary violation until it's too late. "That will never happen to me." "My patients love me." "I would never do anything to jeopardize my career."Stephen Schenthal, a leader in the field for 20 years, has helped thousands of physicians grapple with situations they never imagined facing. Now he offers an evidence-based account of how good doctors get into potentially career-ending trouble, and find their way back.Medical schools are beginning to require ethics training. But abstract scenarios in a quiet classroom cannot prepare you for the real world of modern health care. It seems everywhere you look regulators are cracking down. Legislators are writing new laws. Insurance companies are questioning medical decisions. And hospitals are rating physicians based on patient satisfaction scores instead of outcomes. And through it all, you are expected to "increase productivity" (i.e., spend less time with each patient).The good news is that the skills and perspective you need to avoid boundary violations can help you survive, and even thrive, in today's stressful health care environment. In the first part of The Physician's Guide to Professional Boundaries, Schenthal explains how boundaries are defined, enforced, and what happens when they are violated. In parts two and three, you'll learn about the forces that push good, ethical physicians like you across professional boundaries, and the about the basics of resisting those forces. In the final section, you'll learn how to gauge your own personal "violation potential" as it changes over the course of your career, and how to reduce it.This same information has helped thousands who have attended PBI Education courses, almost always as a requirement of board discipline. You now have a chance to learn what they learned without having to endure the months and often years of anguish they went through. Think of it as preventive medicine.

No one thinks they're at risk of a boundary violation until it's too late. "That will never happen to me." "My patients love me." "I would never do anything to jeopardize my career."Stephen Schenthal, a leader in the field for 20 years, has helped thousands of physicians grapple with situations they never imagined facing. Now he offers an evidence-based account of how good doctors get into potentially career-ending trouble, and find their way back.Medical schools are beginning to require ethics training. But abstract scenarios in a quiet classroom cannot prepare you for the real world of modern health care. It seems everywhere you look regulators are cracking down. Legislators are writing new laws. Insurance companies are questioning medical decisions. And hospitals are rating physicians based on patient satisfaction scores instead of outcomes. And through it all, you are expected to "increase productivity" (i.e., spend less time with each patient).The good news is that the skills and perspective you need to avoid boundary violations can help you survive, and even thrive, in today's stressful health care environment. In the first part of The Physician's Guide to Professional Boundaries, Schenthal explains how boundaries are defined, enforced, and what happens when they are violated. In parts two and three, you'll learn about the forces that push good, ethical physicians like you across professional boundaries, and the about the basics of resisting those forces. In the final section, you'll learn how to gauge your own personal "violation potential" as it changes over the course of your career, and how to reduce it.This same information has helped thousands who have attended PBI Education courses, almost always as a requirement of board discipline. You now have a chance to learn what they learned without having to endure the months and often years of anguish they went through. Think of it as preventive medicine.

Physicians help people heal, but how well do they take care of their own physical and mental well-being? How does a physician’s personal history, medical training, and medical culture predispose and perpetuate potential health issues, relationship challenges, financial strain, abuse, or burnout in physicians? Does the prevalent mindset of pushing beyond our needs and losing ourselves in the physician identity perpetuate burnout or sustainability? How do emotions such as fear, obligation, guilt, and shame affect medical training, medical practice, physician lives, and their relationships? Saving Lives without Destroying Yours is a self-help book for physicians to set boundaries to improve their mental health and wellbeing, break intergenerational medical training traps, protect themselves, engage more in their life roles, and design a life and medical practice where physicians can thrive, not just survive. This book empowers physicians to know themselves – their needs, wants, abilities, and limitations - while being understanding and non-judgmental towards others’ needs when setting boundaries. Takeaway pearls include building self-awareness, setting boundaries, communicating assertively, identifying patterns of abuse, building healthy relationships, and managing interpersonal conflict using dialectical behavioural therapy principles and emotional intelligence. Dr. Mammoliti and Mr. Ly combine their experience in psychiatry, psychotherapy, coaching, and occupational therapy to encourage a comprehensive self-reflection journey and guide physicians in boundary setting. Discover how to say No appropriately and say Yes to a more meaningful and healthy life.

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When to say yes, when to say no to take control of your life.

This book invites teens to examine their lives and relationships within a religious context. It begins by helping you define what physical, emotional, spiritual, and sexual boundaries are. Stories of other teens illustrate how personal space and feelings can be either respected or violated in relationships with others. The book's journal format encourages you to reflect on and record feelings about your own relationships. Do people respect your boundaries? Has anyone ever made you feel uncomfortable in some way? Have you ever felt manipulated, intimidated, or mistreated by someone you regarded as a friend? How can you get a friendship that has gone wrong back on track? Use Boundaries: A Guide for Teens to help assess your relationships with family, friends, classmates, and God. Learn how to build close and satisfying friendships while guarding against being used or abused by others. Learn what it takes for you to be a good friend in return.

Cloud and Townsend apply their award-winning boundaries concepts to the dating relationship. This workbook helps readers work through the principles in "Boundaries in Dating" to make the dating arena a more satisfying, productive one. Those in the dating phase can learn to enjoy its benefits to the fullest, increasing their ability to find and commit to a marriage partner.