Unions for Health Care Staff [Barriers: Physician Burnout]

This article in Wired, entitled Doctor Unions Are Good for Your Health: Physicians across the US are unionizing, which can lead to better working conditions for health care providers and greater advocacy for patients, discusses the possibility that Health Care Staff Unions could help tackle some of the barriers to public health, specifically that of Physician Burnout. Improving the situation for physicians, improves the situation for patients. The article states “Unions boost life quality for house staff, which is critical in sustaining the health of young physicians and, in turn, the patients under their care. Persistently high rates of burnout signal that the system is inadequate in responding to house staff feedback for change. “