You’re not alone: Clinicians and the need to address grief
Health care workers pride themselves on their ability to be empathetic but professional. Many of us calmly deliver news of adverse outcomes and prognoses to patients and family members every day, then go home to a family or personal life, and try to compartmentalize thoughts of our patients’ diseases, injuries, or deaths.
At least that’s how it may appear to others, even fellow health care professionals. But having worked in pediatric …
