(Originally published in Doximity Op-Meds, a platform for physicians, on March 16, 2023 as ‘The Measure of a ‘Good’ Physician Should Not Be Someone Who Does Everything a Patient Asks Them To Do’. Published here in its original form with a selected Bibliography/further reading at the end.)
Thanks for writing this! It's taken me seven years of talk therapy, with a really good shrink - who is also an MD to understand that doctors are people too. Your post does a great job of unpacking all that goes into being a good doc!
Thanks for writing this! It's taken me seven years of talk therapy, with a really good shrink - who is also an MD to understand that doctors are people too. Your post does a great job of unpacking all that goes into being a good doc!