Maine AllCare volunteer Dan Bryant, a retired physician from Cape Elizabeth responded to a recent opinion piece on burnout and moral injury in health care, and how a simplified, publicly funded, universal health care system would help.
“In her April 9 column, Dr. Deborah Patten painted a disturbing picture of doctors suffering from burnout and âmoral injuryâ â tension between business and professional responsibilities (âMaine Voices: Emphasis on revenue sabotages medical practices and hospitalsâ). This matters because our health depends on those doctors.”