Burnout: Yes, it's a health problem, but is the solution partly linked to professionalism?

The recent editorial by De Oliveira [1] offering suggestions for how to address burnout in anesthesiologists accompanied the non-randomized observational study by Zanaty et al. [2] that highlighted telomere shortening (and other biological measures) as tangible biologic evidence for the frequent occurrence of physician burnout. In doing so, De Oliveira outlines several potential solutions as to how our specialty can potentially address this increasingly prevalent problem. For example, the importance of national organizations (e.g., ASA) focusing appropriate attention on the issue of burnout is specifically mentioned [1].
Source: Journal of Clinical Anesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research