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Burnout in pediatric hematology/oncology—time to address the elephant by name
Author(s) -
Whitford Brittney,
Nadel Amy L.,
Fish Jonathan D.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
pediatric blood and cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.116
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1545-5017
pISSN - 1545-5009
DOI - 10.1002/pbc.27244
Subject(s) - burnout , medicine , pediatric oncology , psychological intervention , family medicine , health care , nursing , clinical psychology , cancer , economics , economic growth
The last decade has brought increasing recognition that the wellness of health care providers has an impact on the quality of care, patient satisfaction, and health care economics. This review will describe models of burnout, discuss the impact of burnout on medicine with a focus on pediatric hematologists/oncologists, and present interventions that may help ameliorate physician burnout.