Early in our careers, doctors have a tendency to triumph over serious or rare diagnoses we make as we marvel over our newfound skills and the logical complexity of the human body.
At this stage of mine, I often feel sadness when a patient I care for, and care about, develops a symptom that signals the possibility of a serious disease.
— Read on www.kevinmd.com/blog/2020/07/when-a-diagnosis-leads-to-sadness-instead-of-triumph.html
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