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Burnout In Dr. Goodman's When Good Doctors Go Bad

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Firstly, burnout is something Physicians should be aware of and they should know what is too much for them to handle. Their supervisors should also not push physicians to their breaking point. When this happens, patient-centered care is not being given to its fullest ability. In the chapter “When Good Doctors Go Bad” there was a physician named Dr. Goodman who at a point in time was a good doctor who did amazing work (90). One of his patients was a patient who had a broken hip (90). Dr. Goodman knew what needed to be done to fix this, but he had endured a “strenuous” day and instead put pins into the hip when really a full surgery was needed (91). Dr. Goodman did not give patient centered care for this patient because of the long day he had

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