Over the past 125 years, the peer-review professions in the United States have gradually negotiated stable social contracts with the public in both custom and the law. These social contracts are tacit agreements among society and members of each peer-review profession that regulate their relationship with each other—in particular, agreements regarding the profession’s control over professional ...

Medicine in most parts of the world is becoming a stressful profession. Psychiatrists represent a high-risk group among doctors for experiencing burnout, alcohol and drug use, posing suicide risk and other forms of work-related stress. There are reports that entrants in the profession of psychiatrists are decreasing globally. Conceptual issues related to burnout are explored and factors contrib...

in india, over the last decade, a series of stewardship failures in the health system, particularly in the medical profession, have led to a massive erosion of trust in these institutions. in many low- and middle-income countries (lmics), the situation is similar and has reached crisis proportions; this crisis requires urgent attention. this paper draws on the insights from the recent developme...