Background: Doctors' health is of importance for the quality and development of health care and to doctors themselves. As doctors are hesitant to seek medical treatment, peer support services, with an alleged lower threshold for seeking help, is provided in many countries. Peer support services may be the first place to which doctors turn when they search for support and advice relating to their own health and private or professional well-being.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To understand how doctors reflect on when and why they seek help from an organised peer-support service.
Design: Data were collected through audiotaped, qualitative, semi-structured interviews. The interviews were analysed with systematic text condensation.