Not Taking New Patients

Pierce Jr. shares his experience of relieving his guilt from not accepting new patients. He mentions that in his fifth year of practice, he had mostly lost the feeling of bliss. He only accepts patients who has inner connections. However, when he accepted a new patient whom he found with breast canc...

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Published in:	Annals of internal medicine Vol. 171; no. 5; pp. 378 - 379
Main Author:	Pierce, Jr, J Rush
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States American College of Physicians 03-09-2019
Subjects:	Breast cancer Empathy Female Humans Internal Medicine Physician patient relationships Physician-Patient Relations Physicians Physicians - psychology Practice Management, Medical - organization & administration Professional practice Work Schedule Tolerance Work-Life Balance
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Summary:	Pierce Jr. shares his experience of relieving his guilt from not accepting new patients. He mentions that in his fifth year of practice, he had mostly lost the feeling of bliss. He only accepts patients who has inner connections. However, when he accepted a new patient whom he found with breast cancer, he felt mixed emotions of guilt, anxiety, confusion, exhaustion, and finally comfort; an intensely intimate and ultimately redeeming experience of empathy and hope in the face of human shortcomings; and an overwhelming sense of joy and wonder about what it meant to be a doctor.
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ISSN:	0003-4819 1539-3704
DOI:	10.7326/M18-3283