The Difference Between Art and Science in Medical Practice

Cara: Scientists are supposed to be dispassionate, right? And you could be caring and dispassionate at the same time. This is something, this is a fine line that I have to walk as a physician, right? It's like the difference between sympathy and empathy. You have to be sympathetic to your patients. But you can't get emotionally attached because then you lose your objectivity..."My job is to give you the cold, calculating facts," she says.