title: ["Doctor please, grant me some sick leave"!: medical certificates for psychological reasons].
abstract: General practitioners are regularly called to evaluate the psychological work capacity of patients. The implicit motivation behind the explicit reason for requesting a sick leave is linked to the subject's history and the way he transfers it in his professional life. An incapacity to work harbours a variety of challenges for the patient, the physician and their relationship. In order to get a better understanding of all the issues at stake, the doctor should understand the significances that represents the work to the patient and the consequences of a sick leave and its associated transference and countertransference issues.
authors.affiliation: Service de psychiatrie de liaison, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne. caroline.dedeystere@chuv.ch
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dedeystère Pobelov
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stiefel
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Michuad
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000150:complications; D003379:Countertransference; D004608:Eligibility Determination; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D058005:General Practitioners; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D018582:Sick Leave; D014167:Transference, Psychology