Excuse me. Is This Really My Job?
I am not about to whine about how busy we are and how much work there is to do. Being busy at work is a given, I get it. Residency programs are tough. But what we really have to talk about is this: What is a doctor’s job and what not? I have worked on more than ten different wards and all of them had their methods of torchuring a young doctor, who couldn’t object because it has been this way since, well …ever. Does it serve the patient’s purpose if the doctor is