Marie Bismark

Burn-out in the health workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic: opportunities for workplace and leadership approaches to improve well-being

Natasha Smallwood, Marie Bismark, Karen Willis

Journal article  |  2023  |  BMJ Leader

BackgroundBurn-out is a long-standing problem among healthcare workers (HCWs) and leads to poorer quality and less safe patient ca..

Australian and New Zealand doctors' experiences of disciplinary notifications, investigations, proceedings and interventions relating to alleged mental health impairment: a qualitative analysis of interviews.

Owen Bradfield, Kym Jenkins, Matthew Spittal, Marie Bismark

Journal article  |  2023  |  Int J Law Psychiatry

When poor mental health impairs a doctor's ability to safely practise medicine, poor patient outcomes can result. Medical regulato..

Regulation in Need of Therapy? Analysis of Regulatory Decisions Relating to Impaired Doctors from 2010 to 2020.

Owen M Bradfield, Matthew J Spittal, Marie M Bismark

Journal article  |  2022  |  J Law Med

Doctors' mental wellbeing is a critical public health issue. Rates of depression, anxiety, and substance use are higher than in th..

A time for self-care? Frontline health workers' strategies for managing mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sophie Lewis, Karen Willis, Marie Bismark, Natasha Smallwood

Journal article  |  2022  |  SSM Ment Health

Frontline healthcare workers have experienced detrimental mental health impacts during the COVID-19 pandemic including anxiety, em..

Personality characteristics associated with satisfaction with healthcare and the wish to complain.

Søren Birkeland, Marie Bismark, Michael J Barry, Sören Möller

Journal article  |  2022  |  BMC Health Serv Res

BACKGROUND: There is increasing evidence that satisfaction with healthcare and complaint rates vary with patients' socio-demograph..

Sociodemographic characteristics associated with a higher wish to complain about health care.

S Birkeland, M Bismark, MJ Barry, S Möller

Journal article  |  2022  |  Public Health

OBJECTIVES: Previous research has shown that patients who are older, less educated, or have lower income are less likely to lodge ..

Evidence to guide ethical decision-making in the management of older people living in squalor: a narrative review.

Sook Meng Lee, Erika Martino, Marie Bismark, Rebecca Bentley

Journal article  |  2022  |  Intern Med J

Older people living in squalor present healthcare providers with a set of complex issues because squalor occurs alongside a variet..

Thoughts of suicide or self-harm among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: qualitative analysis of open-ended survey responses.

Marie Bismark, Natasha Smallwood, Ria Jain, Karen Willis

Journal article  |  2022  |  BJPsych Open

BACKGROUND: Healthcare workers are at higher risk of suicide than other occupations, and suicidal thoughts appear to have increase..

Vocational and psychosocial predictors of medical negligence claims among Australian doctors: a prospective cohort analysis of the MABEL survey

Owen M Bradfield, Marie Bismark, Anthony Scott, Matthew Spittal

Journal article  |  2022  |  BMJ OPEN

OBJECTIVE: To understand the association between medical negligence claims and doctors' sex, age, specialty, working hours, work l..

Medical negligence claims and the health and life satisfaction of Australian doctors: a prospective cohort analysis of the MABEL survey

Owen M Bradfield, Marie Bismark, Anthony Scott, Matthew Spittal

Journal article  |  2022  |  BMJ OPEN

OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between medical negligence claims and doctors' self-rated health and life satisfaction. DESIG..