"Turns out doctors (male) are three times more likely to kill themselves than the average man. No one is quite sure why, though various theories are posited (access to lethal drugs etc)
Very curious. I wonder if proximity to death itself makes death seem more "acceptable"?"
OK, just to continue this happy train of Christmas thought for a while.
Has there ever been a study that breaks down suicides in the medical profession by specialisation? I would guess that some specialities (e.g. eye doctors, dermatologists) have a much lower rate than others (e.g. General Practitioners) but oncologists come out somewhere in the top end of the table.
I've been told (never seen stats) that vets and dentists are right at the top of the suicide stakes.
Vets become emotionally involved with their patients. Dentists because it's such a miserable job staring at people's teeth all day
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Vets become emotionally involved with their patients. Dentists because it's such a miserable job staring at people's teeth all day
Song that's been number one for the last six weeks holds on to claim the Christmas No1 slot, with all the new songs nowhere and the 'Christmas' songs, dominated by all the old ones.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/clean-bandit-claim-christmas-number-one-rockabye/