System burning out our doctors – study

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 02 Jul 2012Publisher:South African Medical Association NPCJournal:South African Medical Journal, volume 102, page 593 (eissn: 2078-5135,

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Authors: Bateman, Chris;

doi: 10.7196/samj.6040

System burning out our doctors – study

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Three-quarters of doctors, mostly juniors, at Cape Metropole district and community level public health facilities are suffering clinically significant burnout, more than half are emotionally exhausted and 64% have developed a 'callous or depersonalised' perception of their patients.

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