Issue 54

May - June 2013

Article of the week:

Focus

Once upon a loss

Do you ever let the death of a patient get to you? In this Focus piece, one cancer surgeon talks about his own experience and argues that shutting down your emotional responses is neither feasible nor desirable.Read More..

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