Table of contents : Author biographies Contents Foreword 1 Where does burnout come from? History and background 2 What is it? Symptoms and definitions 3 How and where to find it? Assessment and prevalence 4 What are the correlates, causes, and consequences? Empirical research 5 How to explain burnout? Theoretical approaches 6 What to do about it? Interventions 7 Quo vadis? Remaining issues References Index