Although our ethical doctrine calls on physicians to earn the confidence of patients entrusted to their care, rendering to each a full measure of service and devotion, it’s not uncommon to witness our colleagues exhibiting disregard for patient safety. The media often highlights the arrogant, rude and high-handed attitude and behaviour problems of such doctors. Such unethical acts and professional misconduct, coupled with inability to work as part of a team have not only brought disgrace to the medical profession, but has endangered the lives of the innocent patients. It’s perhaps paradoxical that a profession that prides itself on being caring, with the guiding principle of "first do no harm," finds it so difficult to care for its own members.  

No, never. I know some colleagues who hit the bottle. We invest too much precious energy in such conflicts. When you feel like that, take a deep breath and go and contemplate your navel for a while.

Most of this is barn-yard stuff with much testosterone and ego thrown in.

I overheard two psychology  professors while having breakfast at my hotel the other morning. They were talking about two leading colleagues  on other side of the Little Pond (Atlantic) who held differing theories and who hated each other vehemently and openly in meetings.  

 This to me seemed that they had made those theories part of their own persona and no doubt aided by egocentricity. As I  overheared all this, it seemed both ironic and paradoxical that these men who had dedicated their lives to the inner workings of the human mind, had gained such little insight and underneath it all, had not achieved any sense of wisdom, inner peace, harmony with the Cosmos or their fellow creatures. They had appropriated facts and theory but these were not transformational in their human journey. Indeed they were destructive.

I presented a poster today.  It  was received well but when sees about 480 posters presented for the day, the size of one's work take on some persecutive  

The only person who was at all offensive was an Englishman who initially put me in my place by telling me that he was a Professor of Rhubarbology at  St Elswhere's in London (I dare not say where). Rather than talking about the big picture I was attempting to convey, he immediately tried to put my in my place by focussing on one set of statistical analysis which in his opinion, should have shown a much larger value (more significant). He asked me what test I had used. At first I had to think as it was a while since we did it. I replied that it was the z test  for comparison of proportions (which it was). He had never heard of it, dismissed it as likely to be errant nonsense and walked off.  The others were in general  very friendly and wanted me to talk them through it. My assessment of  him was that he related to colleagues by peeing more urine, higher on a bigger post. It is all about marking territory, dominance, power and pecking order. This is inherently what has lead to the destruction of Gaia and leads to such unhappiness internally and externally.

 It depends on whom you are working with. At times you get so irritated by a person's attitude you simply can't resist. But there comes a question of professionalism. If you have differences of thoughts regarding management of case, discussions can be undertaken, people can argue. But physically attacking a person during duty hour at hospital...while attending a patient is simply irrational. If you have personal problems that should be sorted out when a person is not in the duty......outside the hospital. Those 2 Italians seem to be childish.