Bureaucratic 'Kafkaesque nightmare' burning out hospital doctors - reportMORNING REPORT/Radio New ZealandHalf of New Zealand's public hospital specialists feel burned-out, potentially affecting patient care and increasing the risk of medical errors, a new report says. The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) published a report on Friday by Dr Charlotte Chambers that showed a high level of burnout in hospital doctors. There were particularly high burnout scores for those working in emergency medicine, psychiatry and dentistry. One anonymous respondent said: "The inefficiencies and bureaucratic Kafkaesque nightmare slowly erodes your will to live." The report said there were known correlations between burnout and quality of care and the risk of medical errors.

Source: Stuff August 11, 2016 12:01 UTC