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Burnout is the canary in the coalmine; the solution is not stronger canaries
Author(s) -
Douros George
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
emergency medicine australasia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1742-6723
pISSN - 1742-6731
DOI - 10.1111/1742-6723.13500
Subject(s) - burnout , medicine , resilience (materials science) , psychological resilience , occupational stress , clinical psychology , social psychology , psychology , physics , thermodynamics
Abstract Strategies to increase personal wellness and resilience are being increasingly promoted by organisations as a response to occupational burnout. Thought leaders in burnout research believe that this approach is unlikely to be effective as it does not address the underlying causes of burnout which is poor workplace design.