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Published in: Pediatric Cardiology 5/2016

01-06-2016 | Editorial

Compassion-Based Medicine

Author: Mark S. Sklansky

Published in: Pediatric Cardiology | Issue 5/2016

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Excerpt

My father has always told me that there are two types of people in the world—grievance collectors and problem solvers. With all the recent changes in health care, we tend to hear a lot more from the grievance collectors among us than from the problem solvers. Let’s face it—in many ways the “glory days” of practicing medicine are over. As physicians, we are facing increasing clinical and administrative responsibilities and expectations, but with decreasing authority and compensation. No wonder physicians have such alarmingly high levels of burnout. And no wonder we’re complaining. …
Metadata
Title
Compassion-Based Medicine
Author
Mark S. Sklansky
Publication date
01-06-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Pediatric Cardiology / Issue 5/2016
Print ISSN: 0172-0643
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1971
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-016-1400-0

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