Women's Work: Why Are Women Physicians More Burned Out?

[摘要] A woman family physician in rural practice recently commented to me: “My male colleague did not even know my patient had depression, but that is all she wants to talk about with me.” A colleague in academic family medicine echoed a similar perspective: “Well of course female physicians are burned out; we deal with the emotional needs, and the staff are more likely to page me, than my male colleagues, at home with a patient question or ask me to do a task after hours.”.

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