Mark Eckel concludes his series on suffering. Visit Part 4, Part 3, Part 2, or the series introduction and Part 1.Â
Quotation
“If you listen to the patient, he is telling you the diagnosis. A lot of people look at a specialist like me as a technician. They come to you for a procedure. And there is no doubt that procedures are important, or that the specialized technology we have these days is vital in caring for a patient. But I believe that this technology also has taken us away from the patient’s story. And once you remove yourself from the patient’s story, you no longer are truly a doctor.â€[1]