The myth of compassion in health care
I have a confession.
I didn’t enter my profession to help people. I know. It’s shocking.
Don’t get me wrong. I take my professional responsibility extremely seriously. I’m only admitting that the primary reason for choosing my profession was not altruistic. I made a practical decision to go down this path because of a junior high career day event. Otherwise, I had no real connection to any health care profession other than …
The myth of compassion in health care






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