A self-inoculation of compassion

“By the end of my shift,” this doctor writes, “every patient begins to blend into a single patient…..I can’t even keep track of them anymore.” What do you when you can’t deliver the care that you’ve dedicated your life to giving? The impulse to self-judge is pretty strong in many of us. That does not mean, however, that it constructive coping. There is an alternative, and your sustainability depends on it.