Not “burnout,” not moral injury—human rights violations
Pamela Wible MD
JUNE 20, 2025
During that time, psychologist Herbert Freudenberger volunteered at a New York City free clinic treating addiction. He overheard the term and used it to describe himself and clinic staff in a 1974 article on staff burnout detailing long-term physical and psychological job stress. I’m a systems thinker, a scientist, a doctor.
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