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When your confidence is shaken
A doctor reached out to me: “My confidence is shaken. I'm second-guessing every decision I make on call. How do I get through this?" Many...
Laura B. Vater, MD, MPH
Calluses (Published in the Intima)
I’m 16, and my hands are covered in thick, hardened layers of skin across my upper palms—my body’s attempt at protecting me from the...
Laura B. Vater, MD, MPH
How Physician Exhaustion Kills Compassion -- And Nurtures Shame (Published in STAT News)
It was 5 o’clock in the morning, and I entered the room of my eighth admission. A thin man was reclined in bed, a breathing tube in his...
Laura B. Vater, MD, MPH
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