Medical News: Older Physicians Unhappy and Looking to Bail Out of Medicine - in Psychiatry, Pain Management from MedPage Today

Medical News: Older Physicians Unhappy and Looking to Bail Out of Medicine - in Psychiatry, Pain Management from MedPage Today: "Half of physicians from ages 50 to 65 are frustrated with their practices and plan to sharply cut back or abandon patient care within the next three years, according to a survey. Fifty-two percent of these older physicians said they find medicine has become less satisfying over the past five years, according to a survey by Merritt Hawkins & Associates, a national physician search and consulting firm. Only 10% of nearly 1,200 responding physicians said the practice of medicine is 'very satisfying,' down from 20% in earlier surveys. What's more, 44% of the surveyed physicians said they wouldn't choose medicine as a career if they were starting out today and 57% would discourage their children or other young people from doing so."