Practicing death

Ohad Avny; Aya Alon

doi:10.1016/j.pec.2016.02.005

Practicing death

Ohad Avny
, Aya Alon

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1262-1263
Number of pages	2
Journal	Patient Education and Counseling
Volume	99
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2016.02.005
State	Published - 1 Jul 2016
Externally published	Yes

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© 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd

Keywords

Advanced life directives
Burnout
Death
Primary care

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Medicine

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Practicing death

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