Most UK doctors suffer from 'compassion fatigue': poll

The survey of 1,855 doctors across the UK carried out by the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland showed a vast majority are physically and emotionally too exhausted to show much compassion to those seeking their help, the Guardian newspaper said. Some 71 percent of GPs and 62 percent of all doctors reported these findings, with those aged between 25 to 34 being the worst affected. Family doctors are "particularly vulnerable" because of their "prolonged exposure to patients' suffering and trauma" and their heavy workloads...