Physician Burnout, Depression, and Suicide

Medicine and the human factor

“…This may erode the traditional values treasured by doctors that include autonomy, creativity and personal experience leading to disillusionment or disenchantment with the practice of this great art. 3 The resulting emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and reduced professional efficacy have been termed burn-out. The diagnosis of burn-out as an occupational phenomenon has been acknowledged by the International Classification of Diseases 11th iteration of classification of diseases.…”