<span itemprop="author">Walter J. O’Donnell, MD, Wendy Dean, MD, and Simon G. Talbot, MD

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In the burnout epidemic, is mindfulness the new opioid?

At a recent annual exam for one of us (Walter), the medical assistant had checked heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, and oxygen saturation. Inquiring cheerfully about the Fifth Vital Sign, she flashed the 10-point pain scale of emojis ranging fro…