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Burnout in Primary Care Doctors
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Air date: October 11, 2009
Host: Barbara Lewis
Interview: Mark Linzer, MD, professor of medicine
Linda Baier, MS, epidemiologist
Univ. of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health
The nation's primary health care system is in a crisis. That’s the troubling conclusion of two researchers whose new study looks at burnout among primary care doctors, and what impact that stress is having on patient care.
Barbara Lewis talks with the study's researchers, Mark Linzer, MD, professor of medicine, and Linda Baier Manwell, MS, epidemiologist. They are both from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Additional Resources:
- Read an abstract of the Wisconsin primary care burnout study at the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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