Newsflash: Doctors' morale low

Given the current practice environment, is this any surprise?

Low reimbursement rates and loss of autonomy were the top two reasons for poor morale.

Bureaucratic red tape, patient overload, loss of respect and the medical liability environment were among the other reasons physicians cited.

Those work problems caused fatigue in 77% of physicians, emotional burnout in 67% and marital/family discord or depression in about one in three physician respondents.