The Fallacy of Chasing after Work-Life Balance

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Andreas Schwingshackl¹ 

关键词: work;    life;    balance;    work-life balance;    pediatrics;    critical care;    burn out;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fped.2014.00026

学科分类：儿科学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

As a pediatric intensivist and clinician-scientist, finding a balance between work and life is essential to my professional success and my personal happiness. Failure to achieve a healthy balance will result in burn-out. So I was warned all these years since the first day of medical school. In 2013, 180 articles documented that physicians are highly dissatisfied with their jobs. This is a testament to how poorly we are balancing work and life (1–4). Interestingly, to my best knowledge, to date only 12 articles have been published specifically addressing work-life balance in Pediatrics (5–16).

【 授权许可】

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