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2022 Roundup: Top 5 most read blog posts of 2022 — and my top 5 favorites

I haven’t done one of these year-end round-ups before, but given 2022 marked the five year anniversary of the blog, it seemed a good year to start. For each post, I’ve selected a favorite passage to highlight (different from the preview passage you’ll see on the home page). First, the top five most read blog…

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Is Resentment the Ugly Stepsister to Perfectionism? Why Challenging Patients Can Trigger Resentment in Doctors and Nurses

I have a secret. It’s one I think many physicians and nurses share. Sometimes, when I’m stretched too thin — overbooked, hungry, tired, fielding yet another appeal to an insurance company in the middle of a clinic day — I find myself momentarily resenting the patients on my schedule. As soon as this happens, I…

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The Heart Has a Back Door, and Other Lessons I Learned When I Left Medicine For a Year

**update 12/31/21 – This essay was the most read Op-Ed on Doximity of 2021! (originally published in Doximity’s Op-Med on 2/22/21 under the title I Left Medicine For a Year. Here’s What I Learned, and Why I’m Coming Back) Before COVID-19, I left the practice of medicine for what would turn out to become an…

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