title: A road to humanity.
abstract: Working as a doctor has many rewards, but there are also many challenges. One of the greatest challenges is being able to respond appropriately to the human suffering of our patients without becoming emotionally overwhelmed by it. Most doctors I know have developed some form of defence mechanism to help them cope with this dilemma. We often discuss this issue at the burnout prevention workshops, which I run, and I'd like to share one of my strategies.
authors.affiliation: North Coast GP Training, Lennox Head, New South Wales. hiltonk@ncgpt.org.au
authors.forename: Hilton
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koppe
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D010820:Physicians / Q000941:ethics*