Physician wellness: a missing quality indicator.
review · Level V
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Abstract
When physicians are unwell, the performance of health-care systems can be suboptimum. Physician wellness might not only benefit the individual physician, it could also be vital to the delivery of high-quality health care. We review the work stresses faced by physicians, the barriers to attending to wellness, and the consequences of unwell physicians to the individual and to health-care systems. We show that health systems should routinely measure physician wellness, and discuss the challenges associated with implementation.
Medical subject headings
- Burnout, Professional
- Health Promotion
- Health Status
- Occupational Health
- Physicians
- Quality Indicators, Health Care