tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356854818848787399.post4333192390291575655..comments2014-02-01T00:35:22.043-05:00Comments on The Ektaderm: Noose of suspicionEThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11269865728833646285noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356854818848787399.post-49126064938186707572012-12-04T19:26:27.456-05:002012-12-04T19:26:27.456-05:00It was so nice to run into you at the hospital tod...It was so nice to run into you at the hospital today, and to hear about your experiences in the third-year clerkships.<br /><br />The story you have related above nearly made me cry, as it is one that is so familiar. I've been struggling with the callousness and cynicism of my colleagues, and with other hospital staff members for years.<br /><br />Some of us do manage to maintain an attitudeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356854818848787399.post-21414823930743340762012-09-16T10:18:33.901-04:002012-09-16T10:18:33.901-04:00Uh, this is going to be harsh, and it's not ai...Uh, this is going to be harsh, and it's not aimed at you Rachel-who-I-don't-know (rather at Chekhov) but from only this context, this quote sounds like uninterrogated self-indulgent cynicism. There are so many things wrong with this! Firstly, I don't think that anyone is at the mercy of habit - saying people can't change is just an excuse for them not to try.<br /><br />Also, he Lindenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09323200286151136072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356854818848787399.post-39271156834988618562012-09-16T09:46:49.577-04:002012-09-16T09:46:49.577-04:00It feels like you're having a couple problems ...It feels like you're having a couple problems here - the first is your residents' attitude, which does sound bad! But I don't think that you should take what you experience working in an inner city hospital (both in terms of the cases you get, but also the doctors you work with) to be representative of the field as a whole. Not the least because any doctor in an environment like that Lindenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09323200286151136072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356854818848787399.post-24649442936184143662012-09-11T01:15:49.401-04:002012-09-11T01:15:49.401-04:00thought provoking post. reminds me of a quote from...thought provoking post. reminds me of a quote from anton chekhov's "ward 6", which i read last night instead of studying: "People who have an official, professional relation to other men's sufferings -- for instance, judges, police officers, doctors -- in course of time, through habit, grow so callous that they cannot, even if they wish it, take any but a formal attitude toAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09516399138933474215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356854818848787399.post-31777677773078514692012-09-10T15:10:21.731-04:002012-09-10T15:10:21.731-04:00"Inside every cynical person, there is a disa..."Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist."<br />-George Carlin<br /><br />While I do not think that this is true in "every" case, I can't help but hope it is true in most.Big Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00109452372492077008noreply@blogger.com