Prioritizing Physician Mental Health as COVID-19 Marches On
Jennifer Abbasi
Abstract
This Medical News article is an interview with the University of New Mexico’s Eileen Barrett, MD, MPH, about the pandemic’s mental toll on health care workers—and how they and their employers can safeguard their emotional well-being.
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