Work-Life Balance: Essential or Ephemeral?

• Main Author: Stephania A. Cormier (auth)
• Other Authors: Andreas Schwingshackl (auth), Kanwaljeet J. S. Anand (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; stress; work-life balance; Well-being; Health; academic; Family; physician; Suicide; Career; lifestyle
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Burn-out and suicide rates among physicians and scientists in academic medicine are at an all-time high and jeopardize the future of our entire profession. In the last 4 years alone, burn-out rates among physicians have increased by 25%. In a recent 2017 Medscape publication, burn-out rates in Criti...