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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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Normas frente a la fuerza: la nueva división global

The invasion of Venezuela by US troops and the capture of Nicolás Maduro do not constitute a new challenge to international law, as it was already severely weakened in 2003 when the US invaded Iraq without UN permission. One of us (Arturo) recalls how, during the years surrounding the so-called war on terror, colleagues at the Yale School of Man…

Geopolitics Global Business
By Arturo Bris and Aline Ballaman-Garibian
in El Periódico
17 January 2026
Normas frente a la fuerza: la nueva división global
By Arturo Bris and Aline Ballaman-Garibian
in El Periódico 17 January 2026
Summary
The invasion of Venezuela by US troops and the capture of Nicolás Maduro do not constitute a new challenge to international law, as it was already severely weakened in 2003 when the US invaded Iraq without UN permission. One of us (Arturo) recalls how, during the years surrounding the so-called war on terror, colleagues at the Yale School of Man…
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