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

Pamela Wible MD

JUNE 20, 2025

(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. So why are physicians experiencing physical and mental collapse from overwork?

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Keynote: Finding your bliss—beating physician “burnout”

Pamela Wible MD

JUNE 19, 2025

It’s now so common that more than half of all doctors report symptoms, with medical students , residents , and even senior clinicians feeling pushed to the brink. It’s just a trash can label—not really even a diagnosis, a made-up term that is used as psychological warfare on physicians to control us.

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

Keynote: Finding your bliss—beating physician “burnout”

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