There is a difference between difficult and “assertive,” I pointed out to the students. It’s good for patients and family members to ask questions, speak their minds and not dutifully accept every recommendation. It’s great that they advocated for themselves or their family members. But to the students, these patients were impeding their own best interest, and this, it seemed, was making them feel burned out even before they received their medical school diplomas.
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