Cynthia Cooper is a hospitalist.
How do you learn to deliver the worst news anyone will ever hear?
And equally important, how do you find the resilience to go on when difficult conversations don’t go well?
My profession for the past 15 years has been to train the next generation of physicians as an inpatient clinician-educator. A key piece of my work revolves around communication with patients and their families. On each new resident team, I coach, …
You are my favorite patient.
You’re charming and funny.
You proudly tell me you’ve just retired – having built multiple successful businesses from scratch.
You were admitted to my service with rapidly progressive respiratory failure.
Your CT shows cancer everywhere.
You are the same age as my husband.
“I’m not getting that vaccine. It’s my body. I don’t trust Biden. What about the illegals pouring over the border? These mandates are un-American.”
2020 was a good year …
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