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Scholarly Commons > HCA Healthcare Journal > Vol. 5 > Iss. 3 (2024)

 

Keywords

coping; humanities; medicine in the arts; nature; painting; physician-patient relations; residency; spume

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Medical Humanities

Abstract

I painted this picture after tearing up over the phone with her parents. "I think she's passing away," I had told them, "You'd better come up to the hospital." Inexperienced as a brand new physician, I felt like I was drowning in my responsibility over the care of my patients. Real people, with real lives, with real consequences to my decisions. It has gotten easier to feel okay while helping other humans pass away. And it sounds a little dramatic, but I've found ways to help myself cope without being stranded by the waves.

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