When compassionate care isn’t truly compassionate

How special is it that, as medical students, we are involved intimately in the lives of strangers? We get to be eyewitnesses to their most vulnerable moments, both celebrating the joy of new life and mourning the loss of loved ones. Students on their OB/GYN rotation triumphantly update their Facebook statuses with their first delivery of a baby, a new soul who will grow up not knowing how special they are …

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