The miracles of modern medicine can be life-saving. Yet as Tim Baker writes, cancer patients yearn for a little empathy from their doctors, as well as scripts.
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Teaching students to care for the dying requires specific skills that the student may not encounter in their ordinary clinical teaching.
If we want doctors to listen, be empathetic, solve complex problems, we need to invest seriously in their well-being.
Doctors experience higher levels of suicide and mental distress than their non-medical peers. Why? And what can we do about it?
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Associate Professor in Medical Education, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, VCCC Chair of Palliative Medicine, The University of Melbourne
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