Today I had the opportunity to sit in on a Medicine and Humanities class at MCW. The topic of the class was the Carey Grant movie People Will Talk http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043915/ and the image of the ideal doctor. Fourth year medical students discussed how an ideal doctor behaves and how and when a doctor may decide to cross ordinary boundaries for the sake of caring for the patient. It was interesting to watch the student cringe with some of Dr. Praetorious' actions, but at the same time admire the heart behind those actions.
Every doctor who seeks to practice with compassion and empathy may have to risk crossing boundaries, and even maybe making some people squirm, to provide the best care possible. And doctors can learn a little bit here and there from watching the example of others.
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