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Physician burnout and healthcare epidemiology: Dual implications worthy of greater scrutiny

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2019

Gonzalo Bearman*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States
Susy S. Hota
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sarah D. Haessler
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School–Baystate, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
*
Author for correspondence: Gonzalo Bearman, Email: gonzalo.bearman@vcuhealth.org

Abstract

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Research Brief
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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