House calls: what doctors get when they give

Gorfinkel narrates the essence of being a doctor. She imparts how it felt seeing her patient recovered or seeing them on the face of impending death. Moreover, she acknowledges the significant contribution of technological advances in helping patients recover.

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Published in:Canadian Medical Association journal (CMAJ) 2020-05, Vol.192 (20), p.E561-E562
Main Authors: Gorfinkel, Iris, Bernstein, Mark
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Attitude to Death
Billiards
Chemotherapy
Empathy
Family Practice
House Calls
Humanities
Humans
Mortality
Neurosurgery
Palliative care
Pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic Neoplasms - psychology
Patients
Physician-Patient Relations
Physicians
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Summary:Gorfinkel narrates the essence of being a doctor. She imparts how it felt seeing her patient recovered or seeing them on the face of impending death. Moreover, she acknowledges the significant contribution of technological advances in helping patients recover.
ISSN:0820-3946
1488-2329
DOI:10.1503/cmaj.191474