Study Says Doctors More Burned Out Than Others, But It’s Not Really a Malady
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A new study shows U.S. doctors have a burnout rate of 38 percent versus 28 percent for the general population, but Dr. Kent Sepkowitz says it might be apples and oranges.
Perhaps more than any other professional group, doctors like to write about their wretched plight. Certainly we have enough room. These days, there are thousands and thousands of print and online medical journals with acres of space for that latest study, whether it is about a gene in the fruit...
