I didn't receive much support recently for an idea to commend physicians for cases in which especially compassionate care was given or a difficult diagnosis was made. It made me shift my thinking back to what medicine has really meant to me since childhood. I wrote it for our office retreat last year. Come nurses and doctors wherever you roam, And admit that the chaos around you has grown, And accept it that soon you will wish you'd stayed home. If your work to you is worth saving, You'd better start thinking or you'll sink like a stone, For the times are rapidly changing.
Health care is in trouble, it's really a mess.
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