Publications and Research
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
Abstract
The incessant reports on the burnout syndrome contrasts sharply with the validity of burnout research. Major problems in the definition and discriminant validity of burnout prevent investigators from getting a clear view of how job stress affects physicians’ health. The inability to distinguish a case of burnout from a non-case is only one of many signs that burnout research is problematic. Burnout researchers should face this reality rather than ignore it.
Comments
This work was originally published in Canadian Medical Association Journal, available at http://www.cmaj.ca/content/189/39/E1236/reply#cmaj_el_733494.