Watching people die is sometimes the compassionate thing to do

It is unethical not to be compassionate when you are a physician.  Treating people or their families poorly isn’t helpful to anyone in a stressful situation.  But a big problem exists there – ethics is not taught in medical school.  Then again, neither is compassion.  So where do you learn them?  Can you learn compassion, or is it something you just have?

Or don’t have?

She could have been anyone’s grandmother.  White …

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