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u4ic

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15. I don't imagine any are easy

Reply to Aristus (Reply #14)

Wed Feb 11, 2015, 11:50 PM

Feb 2015

Very few of us are so up close and personal with death on a regular basis.

I was told that young doc's are so full of hope to save people, filled with the wonders of modern medicine, etc and that first death makes them recognize its - and their - limits.

It takes a special person to work with the marginalized in society.

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I just read a hospital report. One of my homeless patients has died. [View all] Aristus Feb 2015 OP

I'm so sorry, Aristus. In_The_Wind Feb 2015 #1

Thank you, I_T_W. Aristus Feb 2015 #2

Would he have been able to see you at your new job location? In_The_Wind Feb 2015 #3

If he could make the trip out here. Aristus Feb 2015 #4

Glad to hear the good news about patient you saw yesterday. In_The_Wind Feb 2015 #8

I am so sorry, my dear Aristus... CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2015 #5

Sorry to hear this Aristus panader0 Feb 2015 #6

I'm so sorry for your loss... magical thyme Feb 2015 #7

So sorry to hear Aristus u4ic Feb 2015 #9

He wasn't my first patient death. Aristus Feb 2015 #14

I don't imagine any are easy u4ic Feb 2015 #15

I am sorry Worried senior Feb 2015 #10

... Lady Freedom Returns Feb 2015 #11

the deaths of recently clean and sober clients always struck me as particularly unfair. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2015 #12

I'm so sorry, to hear this, Aristus, elleng Feb 2015 #13