Dear Debra, thank you for yet another thorough and well-written article regarding the ills of our HC system! Thank you for informing us that most internists now work only in hospitals. This helps to explain why finding a primary care physician has been so difficult, not that it's ever been easy! Nonetheless, I will continue my search for a PCP and I am attempting to educate myself on how to navigate the HC system. Your articles are valuable in this regard and I appreciate the time and effort you put into them! I've just purchased a new book on navigating the HC system from the perspective of women of color by Sharon Malone, MD: "Grown Woman Talk: Your Guide to Getting and Staying Healthy". Although I'm not a person of color, I've not appreciated the way in which some HC providers fail to take we ladies seriously. Thank you for clearly defining professional burnout in this article. So many of us can relate to this condition, myself included. Although my career was not in HC, I was extremely burnt out at the end of my career and I thank Heaven to be retired! I read you 12/26/23 too; and it's good to know that there is hope that positive change can happen when people put there minds to it.
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