Study finds medical students concerned about becoming desensitized to dying patients
Wednesday, January 1, 2014 - 22:30
in Health & Medicine
The imminent death of a patient is riddled with emotions for a patient and family as well as the medical team. A study based on the reflections of third-year medicine students is shedding light on the struggle physicians in training often face when trying to control their own emotions while not becoming desensitized to the needs of the dying patient and his or her family.