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Preventing Physician Burnout: Curing the Chaos and Returning Joy to the Practice of Medicine

 Co-authored by Diane Shannon ’85. Amazon Digital Services, January 2017. Available on Amazon. In Preventing Physician Burnout: Curing the Chaos and Returning Joy to the Practice of Medicine, doctors Paul DeChant and Diane Shannon define burnout, explore the consequences for physicians, patients, and the health care system, and identify the underlying causes that are fueling the epidemic. Based on their extensive interviews, they give voice to patient advocates, burnout researchers, leaders of health care organizations, and the physicians themselves.