Top 10 specialties with highest physician burnout rates

Here are 10 specialties with the highest rates of physician burnout, according to the Medscape Physician Lifestyle Report 2015.

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•    Critical care — 53 percent
•    Emergency medicine — 52 percent
•    Family medicine — 50 percent
•    Internal medicine — 50 percent
•    General surgery — 50 percent
•    HIV/infectious diseases — 50 percent
•    Radiology — 49 percent
•    OB/GYN & women’s health — 49 percent
•    Neurology — 49 percent
•    Urology — 48 percent

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