A report in the British Medical Journal in 2011 found that a third of doctors have a mental health disorder. Another trainee vomited at work every day from anxiety and panic. I’d assumed the European working time directive, limiting junior doctors’ hours, had broadly solved the problem of unmanageable workloads. Elton cites a recent study that found the most empathetic doctors reporting the lowest rates of stress and burnout. The following day, Hilary emailed me: “I was thinking yesterday about your question.

Source: The Guardian March 10, 2018 09:56 UTC