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Physicians need to remember that self-care is a necessity"The way I think about this is -- you've got to put your mask on first," just like flight attendants tell you before an airplane flight, said Wardrop, who is vice-chair of medicine at the University of Mississippi in Jackson, and a member of the ACP Physician Wellness Task Force. "You've got to take care of yourself before you take care of somebody else."He also decried the use of the term "work/life balance." "I think that's a horrible term; I don't like it. I like 'work/life integration' because as soon as you say 'balance,' you're insinuating one is worth keeping away from the other ... Work and life -- I want them to come together. I think that's really what we need to aim for."