FINANCES and YOUR HEALTH
BY STEVE BARRETT
MISMANAGED FINANCES OR UNRE ALISTIC
INCOME E XPECTATIONS CAN AFFECT NOT
ONLY A PHYSICIAN'S BOT TOM LINE BUT
HIS OR HER HE ALTH AS WELL.
PHYSICIANS, RESIDENTS AND medical
students who seek help from Physician
Hea lth Ser vices (PHS) — founded by
t he Ma ssachuset ts Medica l Societ y
(MMS) to dea l with substa nce abuse,
ment a l hea lt h i s s ue s a nd phy sic a l
hea lth concerns — often are experienc-
ing significant financia l troubles, Steve
Adelman, MD, PHS Director, writes on
the MMS website.
Here are a few of the difficulties PHS
reg ula rly addresses a mong clinicia ns
who en l i s t t he nonpr of it c or p or a-
tion's help:
They prioritize money rather than
a passion for medicine. Providers
struggle if their career paths don't feed
their souls as well as their bank accounts.
They have too much student debt.
Seeking positions that help physicians
repay their loans is one way to avoid
this trap.
They fail to count the personal
cost of the quest for higher earnings.
Family life in particular can su• er when
a bigger payday becomes an all-consum-
ing objective.
They do not a ck nowledge that
something could short circuit their
careers. For exa mple, serious medi-
ca l problems ca n strike a nyone. That
ma kes a dequat e i n su ra nce cr it ica l
for physicia ns. ■
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