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Journal of General Internal Medicine
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 8/2020

01-08-2020 | Care | Letter to the Editor

Physician Stress Driven by Complex Patients

Author: Jonathan Z. Weiner, MD, MPH

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 8/2020

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We appreciate Dr. Kirschner’s insightful comments and observations, and we agree with her recommendation that structural and systems-level interventions are necessary to meet the medical, behavioral health and social needs of complex patients. Our study highlights that without these resources the unmet needs of complex patients—not the patients themselves—can drive primary care physician (PCP) stress. …
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Metadata
Title
Physician Stress Driven by Complex Patients
Author
Jonathan Z. Weiner, MD, MPH
Publication date
01-08-2020
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 8/2020
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-05841-y

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