One article that moved me deeply is this piece by a young British female surgeon. I can completely relate to her story, wanting to be a good doctor since childhood, but then not being able to help people as needed.

This German article written by a free press group tells the story of financial pressure on German doctors, hierarchy and managers.

Another short article in the German “Ärzteblatt” describes the feeling of the turning wheel that tends to demotivate young doctors due the ongoing economization in health.

Here is a link to MedScapes recent Lifestyle report with happiness and symptoms of burn-out numbers in physicians of 25 different specialities. I talked about the phenomenom in this story.