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Not “burnout,” not moral injury—human rights violations

Pamela Wible MD

(Published 3/18/19, updated 6/20/25) What Is Physician “Burnout”—and Why It Matters Physician “burnout” is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by prolonged stress in the medical workplace. and it has been linked to rising rates of physician depression , doctor suicide , and medical errors.

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Podcast Episode: Febrile Seizures

PEMBlog

Nat Genet 2014; 46:1274. Obviously, you should ask about immunization status and whether or not the child has any underlying medical or neurologic problems or developmental delay. Now, you could prevent the risk of subsequent febrile seizures by putting a kid on prophylactic anti epileptic medications. You can do this.

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