Practicing death.
Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.pec.2016.02.005.
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Abstract
This narrative describes the struggle of a primary care physician contending with the challenge of remaining committed to his patient's care despite a sense of burnout in relation to an intense period of patient deaths. The story presents two patient deaths and the physician's reflections on how he handled both cases.