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Abstract
When physicians are unwell, the performance of health-care systems can be suboptimum.
Physician wellness might not only benefit the individual physician, it could also
be vital to the delivery of high-quality health care. We review the work stresses
faced by physicians, the barriers to attending to wellness, and the consequences of
unwell physicians to the individual and to health-care systems. We show that health
systems should routinely measure physician wellness, and discuss the challenges associated
with implementation.