Can a humanities background prevent physician burnout?

[摘要] These days, it seems impossible to talk with physicians without hearingabout some aspect of discontent with the practice of medicine. There iseven a “Physician Misery Index” (www.geneia.com), and the name says it all. Theseconversations cover a gamut of concerns including reimbursement, reduced time spentwith patients, increased regulatory oversight, the need for preapproval for testing andprescriptions, maintenance of certifi cation, and of course for those of us who have beendoing this for a while, there are the challenges of the electronic medical record (EMR).In the old days, we used to bore our nonmedical friends and family with energetic,jargonized discussions of diagnostic and therapeutic enigmas. Now, we numb them withour complaints about what we increasingly view as a job.

[学科分类] 卫生学