Don’t let burnout impact our ability to provide selfless love

Physician
February 15, 2018

The ancient Greeks were one of the first groups of philosophers to recognize and describe the complexity of love. Eros: an intense, passionate form of love. Philia: a deep friendship or affection. Philautia: love for one’s self. Agape: an unconditional love for humanity.

These same complexities in love forms described by the Greeks play an important role in how we treat our patients in medicine.

Eros allows us to have the passion …

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Don’t let burnout impact our ability to provide selfless love

How to maintain a sense of accomplishment as a physician

Physician
June 24, 2017

In my last year of training, I came to realize the difference between doctors who felt successful and those who didn’t. From the beginning, I had always been hard on myself. I always thought about the decisions I made for every patient in detail, played them over and over in my head, and wondered what I could have done differently for each one. Whether or not their outcome was satisfactory, …

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How to maintain a sense of accomplishment as a physician