Concerns about burnout among doctors are growing as new research is beginning to quantify the dangers and costs of the problem.
In the past few years, researchers have found that 54 percent of doctors report feeling burned out. Doctors experiencing burnout are twice as likely to log major medical errors. The suicide rate among physicians is twice that of the general population and one of the highest among all professions.
A study published Friday shows that as medical residents’ symptoms of burnout increase, they become more prone to racial bias.