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Review
. 2018 Aug 1;45(4):198-202.
doi: 10.14503/THIJ-18-6842. eCollection 2018 Aug.

Physician Burnout: Causes, Consequences, and (?) Cures

Herbert L Fred, Mark S Scheid
Review

Physician Burnout: Causes, Consequences, and (?) Cures

Herbert L Fred et al. Tex Heart Inst J. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Burnout, professional/epidemiology/prevention & control; delivery of health care/history; documentation/methods; electronic health records/organization & administration; medical records systems, computerized/trends/utilization; patient-centered care/trends; physicians/psychology; practice management, medical/organization & administration; time management; workload/psychology.

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