Physician burnout: a surgeon’s story of exhaustion, recovery, and systemic change
An excerpt from Safeguarding Physician Wellbeing.
There are numerous books written by physicians of various specialties, primary care, and subspecialists, on the topic of physician burnout. Most physician authors, like me, have been inspired to write a book due to personal experience with a high degree of burnout, and/or have had academic interests and research on the topic. Writing such books can be cathartic, intended as a warning for our …
