Physician burnout and medical breakthroughs: a patient’s story

I entered my doctor’s exam room worried about my health. I exited worried about his.

A lack of pressure when he placed the stethoscope over my heart. His ghost-eyed look when I spoke. His nearly inaudible voice. All of this registered as the most severe depletion of spirit — or what is sometimes and inadequately referred to as burnout — I’d seen in one of my doctors. And I’ve seen a lot of doctors over the years.

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