Reflective practice
Practicing death

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Abstract

This narrative describes the struggle of a primary care physician contending with the challenge of remaining committed to his patient’s care despite a sense of burnout in relation to an intense period of patient deaths. The story presents two patient deaths and the physician’s reflections on how he handled both cases.

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Conflict of interest

This is to assure there is no conflict of interests regarding this narrative.

Dr. Ohad Avny.

Acknowledgements

Dr. Dalit May—Department of Family Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem Israel.

Dr. Ruth Kannai—Department of Family Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem Israel.

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