Professional Burnout in Medicine and the Helping Professions

Here is a practical, hands-on book that will aid in the identification and reduction of job stress. This unique volume describes how burnout develops and offers a model with which to identify job stressors—providing a thorough understanding of professional burnout. Experts in the fields of medicine, social work, mental health, and education examine the values, ethics, and morality of individuals, health care organizations, and society that may lead to burnout. They also offer successful intervention strategies for reducing or efficiently managing causative factors.