(Harvard) Physician Dissatisfaction: Diagnosis and Treatment

The Commonwealth Fund

  So how are docs doing these days? Not so well, it seems. By some accounts American physicians are severely stressed and unhappy. In a new To the Point post, David Blumenthal, M.D., and David Squires explain that poor physician satisfaction could theoretically undermine their diligence, cognitive functioning, and relationships with patients—and possibly exacerbate a predicted physician shortage.