Surgeons who were concerned about making an error showed greater signs of depression and emotional exhaustion.
Specifically, of 7,905 surgeons participating in the June 2008 survey, 700 reported concerns they had made a major medical error in the past three months.
Read the Annals of Surgery’s article on surgeons’ errors.
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