Burnout between intensive care physicians or the Burnout society

Authors

  • Edison Moraes Rodrigues Filho Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva
  • José Roque Junges Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-12902018180007

Keywords:

Burnout, Intensive Care, Biopolitics

Abstract

Physicians who work in critical care units are prone to emotional exhaustion, manifestations o f d e p e r s o n a l i z a t i o n , a n d p r o f e s s i o n a l dissatisfaction. These three manifestations make up what has been identified as burnout, and are a cause for growing concern. In this article, the authors review the available literature on burnout among intensive care physicians, but discuss it from a perspective that includes burnout as a broader manifestation, related to the exaltation of performance and the subsumption of life to capital, understanding this phenomenon as related to the society of burnout. The authors also discuss initiatives to combat burnout from the perspective of an expanded view of the concept of biopolitics, especially psychopolitics

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Published

2018-09-29

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How to Cite

Burnout between intensive care physicians or the Burnout society. (2018). Saúde E Sociedade, 27(3), 809-819. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-12902018180007