I quickly asked the doctor, “ I have so many symptoms and the history taking may take a while, could you give me an IV analgesic for the pain and then we will continue with the history taking and examination?”
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THE SICK DOCTOR – A BEARER OF BAD NEWS
Do you remember the last time you had to break some bad news to someone? Or someone broke the news to you? Is there a wrong or right way to do it? I just realized that physicians working in the critical care unit/ICU/HDU spend a lot of time breaking news- good or bad. Updating familyContinueContinue reading “THE SICK DOCTOR – A BEARER OF BAD NEWS”
The Sick Doctor
The sick doctor is a term used for a medically qualified doctor who suffers from one or more psychological problems directly or indirectly related to the practice of medicine.thefreemedicaldictionary.com After a few months of dealing with very sick patients and shadowing very good doctors who are always doing the best they can to keep theirContinueContinue reading “The Sick Doctor”