Beyond textbooks: the importance of empathy in medicine

An excerpt from All Bleeding Stops. Megan continues to take his blood pressure every few minutes. With growing tenderness Denis watches her fidgeting with the IV, biting her lip, eyes flitting from one machine to the next, desperately seeking the reassurance she knows will never come. She thinks she’s not a good doctor because she

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