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Female doctors have high rates of burnout: Here’s why

October 17, 2017

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Studies show women make excellent physicians, but they experience burnout at higher rates than their male colleagues. Female doctors also have higher rates of depression than average – so what’s going on?

A study from JAMA Internal Medicine showed patients treated by female physicians had lower mortality and readmission rates compared to their male counterparts in the same hospital.

Female doctors spend more time with their patients on office visits, and their patients receive more preventive care, education and counseling, and psychosocial attention, according to Health Psychology.

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