When using the technical definition of burnout: "The reduction of a fuel to nothing", it clearly describes the state of being of the few people that I have met who are having a burnout. The problem is huge and almost every leader in healthcare agrees that this is a major problem. Although many problems arise from using surveys to estimate the incidence, there is no doubt that the current organisation of healthcare has a major effect on the reported rising incidence. Intensive care is especially prone to a high risk of burnout with reported incidence of more than 50% in the U.S., resulting in a recent call for action by many critical care organisations.

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