The frequency and severity of physician burnout have resulted in an epidemic that is impairing the American health care delivery system. Herbert Freudenberger coined the term burnout in 1977, referring to a syndrome characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization or cynicism, and a lack of personal accomplishment. He noted that burnout reduced health care workers’ ability
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