Open AccessWork-life balance and burnout: the practicing doctor's dilemma
Author(s) -
C Ogbonna
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of epidermiological society of nigeria/journal of epidemiology society of nigeria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2735-9174
pISSN - 2672-4162
DOI - 10.46912/jeson.30
Subject(s) - panacea (medicine) , burnout , dilemma , balance (ability) , work–life balance , work (physics) , psychology , nursing , medicine , gerontology , alternative medicine , physical therapy , clinical psychology , engineering , philosophy , mechanical engineering , epistemology , pathology
Burnout rates and physician dissatisfaction are at an all-time high. Work-life balance is the panacea to worker's burn-out. The dictionary defines work-life balance as "the amount of time you spend doing your job compared with the amount of time you spend with yournfamily and doing things you enjoy". Workers in public sector work officially for 8hrs per day and depending on the profession this may be further prolonged as in the health sector for 24hrs in some days of the week.