Prevalence of burnout among surgical residents and surgeons in Switzerland.

Adrian Businger; Ulrich Stefenelli; Ulrich Guller

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Prevalence of burnout among surgical residents and surgeons in Switzerland.

October 27, 2010

Businger A, Stefenelli U, Guller U. Arch Surg. 2010;145(10):1013-6.

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More than one-third of Swiss surgeons in this survey met criteria for burnout. Burnout has been linked to medical errors in prior studies.

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