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    Richard S. Weeder quote. Yet the denial of feelings is one way of blocking the chronic depression that can descend like a dense fog on those who deal day after day with sickness and death. It is better than not caring at all, better than burning out. Only a few are tough enough to maintain both equanimity and caring for a lifetime; these renowned nurses and legendary physicians are saints of the medical profession. Copper knew a few of them, and he wished he could be more like them. It took a lot of growing up

    Yet the denial of feelings is one way of blocking the chronic depression that can descend like a dense fog on those who deal day after day with sickness and death. It is better than not caring at all, better than burning out. Only a few are tough enough to maintain both equanimity and caring for a lifetime; these renowned nurses and legendary physicians are saints of the medical profession. Copper knew a few of them, and he wished he could be more like them. It took a lot of growing up

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    Richard S. Weeder quote. His self-image had been molded to

    His self-image had been molded to "doctor" and "surgeon", and without them, he'd forgotten who he was

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    Richard S. Weeder quote. We expect the hospital to be a place of healing. But, like grandmother's house, we also expect it to be a place of caring. When it's not, when the doctors, the nurses, the rest of the staff don't seem to care, we feel hopeless, betrayed, threathened. The nurse who doesn't care is frightening, a warped figure, the stuff of horror movies. And the evil doctor, like Sherlock Holme's Grimesby Roylott, is the archetype of humanity gone rotten. Yet the caring, or the lack of it, is not just an accident. The design of a place has lots to do with how things get done inside, the caring beginning with the stone and mortar. If time, circumstances, and the facility make it easy to care, then people are likely to care

    We expect the hospital to be a place of healing. But, like grandmother's house, we also expect it to be a place of caring. When it's not, when the doctors, the nurses, the rest of the staff don't seem to care, we feel hopeless, betrayed, threathened. The nurse who doesn't care is frightening, a warped figure, the stuff of horror movies. And the evil doctor, like Sherlock Holme's Grimesby Roylott, is the archetype of humanity gone rotten. Yet the caring, or the lack of it, is not just an accident. The design of a place has lots to do with how things get done inside, the caring beginning with the stone and mortar. If time, circumstances, and the facility make it easy to care, then people are likely to care

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    Richard S. Weeder quote. Several years ago, I realized that I didn’t want to spend all my life in medicine. It had me in a sort of spiritual box, like a plant whose roots are getting crowded. I felt I wasn’t growing. So I promised myself that I would quit while I still had the energy to get involved in something new. There’s nothing wrong with medicine. There’s more paperwork, more lawsuits, less understanding between doctors and patients. But it’s still a great business. But not for me - not any longer

    Several years ago, I realized that I didn’t want to spend all my life in medicine. It had me in a sort of spiritual box, like a plant whose roots are getting crowded. I felt I wasn’t growing. So I promised myself that I would quit while I still had the energy to get involved in something new. There’s nothing wrong with medicine. There’s more paperwork, more lawsuits, less understanding between doctors and patients. But it’s still a great business. But not for me - not any longer

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