Humanism in Health and Healthcare

This supplemental article interrogates the conceptual issues with the notion of burnout in an enlightening way, including how the construct is misused, and often overlooks the systemic features of burnout, incorrectly locating it solely within the individual practitioner. That is, while burnout is a systemic issue, it often is only examined at a level of individual pathology, which can lead to a sort of blaming the victim.