A framework for physician malaise
There is abundant evidence for malaise in the physician workforce, but little agreement about etiology, treatment options, or prognosis. As a senior physician who still has a lot of involvement with physicians of all ages, I want to propose an etiologic framework. Perhaps if we agree on etiology, we can look at treatment options.
There are three ways to look at what doctors do: the artisanal, the economic, and the scientific. The …
