‘I just felt either I’m going to kill someone or I’m going to end up killing myself’. How does it feel to be burnt out as a practicing UK GP?
Burnout threatens a GP's sense of identity, purpose, and functioning in their lives, and ultimately can be life-threatening. Active listening to GP distress and a system wide approach to managing distress and burnout is urgently required.
Authors
- Barbara Hanratty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3122-7190)
- Ishbel Orla Whitehead (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4171-8583)
- Suzanne Moffatt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8553-249X)
Institutions
- Newcastle University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of General Practice
- Published
- 2024-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13814788.2024.2426981
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.70
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care North West Coast