[Burnout among health care professionals]

Symptoms of burnout comprise exhaustion, cynicism, and diminished professional efficacy, as well as a feeling of impaired occupational achievement. Comprehensive Finnish studies have revealed that especially mild burnout is fairly common among clinicians and dentists. Burnout among clinicians accumulates to the public sector, to the early stages of the career, and to the specialties of psychiatry and radiology. Worker participatory methods aiming at the development of working conditions have yielded promising results in the prevention of burnout within the health care sector.