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Psychological burnout and critical care medicine: big threat, big opportunity

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  1. Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Laura Hawryluck

  2. Physician Lead Critical Care Rapid Response Team, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada

    Laura Hawryluck

  3. Corporate Chair Acute Resuscitation Committee, University Health Network, Rm 411 N, 2nd MCL, 399 Bathurst St, M5T2S8, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Laura Hawryluck

  4. Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

    Peter G. Brindley

  5. Anesthesiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

    Peter G. Brindley

  6. Dosseter Ethics Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

    Peter G. Brindley

  7. Intensive Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

    Peter G. Brindley

  8. Senior Travelling Fellow, Intensive Care Society UK, London, UK

    Peter G. Brindley

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Hawryluck, L., Brindley, P.G. Psychological burnout and critical care medicine: big threat, big opportunity. Intensive Care Med 44, 2239–2241 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-5063-6

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