Implementing change to reduce depression, suicide, and burnout among physicians-in-training
January 1, 2016 Journal of the Missouri State Medical Association
This article from the Journal of the Missouri State Medical Association shows how a select group of medical schools has approached the problem of physician distress with programs that are having a significant impact.
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