RT Book, Section A1 Hinami, Keiki A1 Wetterneck, Tosha B. A2 McKean, Sylvia C. A2 Ross, John J. A2 Dressler, Daniel D. A2 Scheurer, Danielle B. SR Print(0) ID 1137607582 T1 For Individuals and Practices: Career Sustainability and Avoiding Burnout T2 Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, 2e YR 2017 FD 2017 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071843133 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1137607582 RD 2025/03/15 AB Anywhere from a quarter to half of physicians worldwide are estimated to experience job burnout. General internal medicine and family medicine—the specialties for most adult hospitalists—claim some of the highest rates of physician burnout in the United States. Within the adult generalist fields, several studies suggest clinic-based primary care physicians report burnout more frequently than their inpatient peers, but hospitalists remain among the physicians most susceptible to job burnout.