Cureus | Physician Suicide in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Over the last several decades, physician burnout has become more prevalent because of increasing workloads, increasing administrative burden, and time spent on electronic medical records, among several other reasons [11]. The rate of suicidal ideation among physicians is almost twice as high as the general population at 7.2% vs. 4%. In addition, studies on mortality related to suicide show that the rates of suicides in physicians are consistently higher than in the general population

Zdroj: Cureus | Physician Suicide in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic