Wes Ely On “Every Deep-Drawn Breath”
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Doctor, I'm a Fighter. I Want to Live That Way
The act of saying it out loud, so there's no guess work the time itself. Why do we feel discomfort in saying something like that to a patient? Because i would submit it's not common. I think that we've done wrong to our medical students and taught them, keep your professional distance,. Don't dive in too much. They're going to die, and you're gong to get hurt. You don't want to get burned out. That series of sentences at the end is a skilled bundle that we have an opportunity to be sure every single health co-professional is comfortable saying.
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