It astonishes me that anyone in #healthcare could even ask this question: "Is compassion an optional extra?" - goo.gl/HWRDuX
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@mollydotcom indeed!
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@abledaccess I'm a very naive child sometimes. Half a century and the idea that compassion is EVER an afterthought still astonishes me.
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@mollydotcom you're far from naive. Modern medicine, while wholly responsible for my (our?) still being here, is in an incredibly sad state.
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@abledaccess That's true. Although as the author or the article points out, a lack of compassion in #healthcare isn't a 'modern' phenomenon.
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@abledaccess It's a human phenomenon. Where I'm naive is in believing people are drawn to #healthcare work because they *are* compassionate!

Jul 27, 2015 · 10:56 PM UTC

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Replying to @mholzschlag
@mollydotcom you're right, of course. It is a human phenomenon. But I still contend you're not naive.
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@mollydotcom I know plenty of people who are in it for compassionate reason's. It's just they are out numbered by those who aren't.
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@mollydotcom and what fucking industry operating today isn't rife with that exact same problem?
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