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Hope or erosion? Humor, cynicism, and the leadership challenge in perioperative medicine

The operating theater is an emotionally and cognitively demanding arena where anesthesiologists and surgeons operate under time pressure, uncertainty, and responsibility. Team interactions in such settings frequently reveal humor, irony, or cynicism, behaviors that represent underlying ego defense mechanisms. We explore how defense mechanisms s…

Leadership Workplace Well-being
By Benjamin Martens, Silke Mischke and Markus M. Luedi
in Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
February 2026, vol. 109, 112096, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinane.2025.112096
Hope or erosion? Humor, cynicism, and the leadership challenge in perioperative medicine
By Benjamin Martens Silke Mischke and Markus M. Luedi
in Journal of Clinical Anesthesia February 2026, vol. 109, 112096, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinane.2025.112096
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The operating theater is an emotionally and cognitively demanding arena where anesthesiologists and surgeons operate under time pressure, uncertainty, and responsibility. Team interactions in such settings frequently reveal humor, irony, or cynicism, behaviors that represent underlying ego defense mechanisms. We explore how defense mechanisms s…
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¿Por qué estamos tan convencidos de que Europa no puede defenderse?

This is a decisive moment for the rhetoric surrounding Europe. When I wrote my book SuperEurope: The Unexpected Hero of the 21st Century at the end of last year, even I could not have predicted how quickly this debate would reach the global stage. Today, the world seems divided between those who are optimistic and those who are rather pessimisti…

Geopolitics
By Arturo Bris
in El Periódico
31 January 2026
¿Por qué estamos tan convencidos de que Europa no puede defenderse?
By Arturo Bris
in El Periódico 31 January 2026
Summary
This is a decisive moment for the rhetoric surrounding Europe. When I wrote my book SuperEurope: The Unexpected Hero of the 21st Century at the end of last year, even I could not have predicted how quickly this debate would reach the global stage. Today, the world seems divided between those who are optimistic and those who are rather pessimisti…
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