Alarming’ burnout is making doctors want to kill themselves

https://nypost.com/2019/01/16/alarming-burnout-is-making-doctors-want-to-kill-themselves/

By Lauren Steussy
January 16, 2019 | 7:12am | Updated

Doctor burnout is becoming a huge problem, according to new research, which finds that nearly half of all physicians feel completely depleted, to the point where one in seven have contemplated suicide.

The annual Medscape report, released Wednesday, finds that on average, 44 percent of the medical professionals your existence depends on report feeling stressed out to the point where they’ve considered leaving the field altogether.

A higher percentage of these wiped-out life-savers are women, according to the survey of more than 15,000 doctors.

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