TY  - JOUR
T1  - Something for the pain: Compassion and burnout in the er
AU  - Adalja AA
Y1  - 2009/10/21
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2009.1522
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1708
EP  - 1708
VL  - 302
IS  - 15
N2  - 
One of the conversation icebreakers used by physicians are patient vignettes from the emergency department, providing nonphysicians with a glimpse of what the American College of Physicians has called an area “where others dare not tread.” While such stories provide fodder for discussion, physicians often do not have adequate catharsis about their brief—but meaningful—interactions with patients in the emergency department. Paul Austin's Something for the Pain attempts to provide such catharsis and deserves to be widely read by physicians, especially those specializing in emergency medicine.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1522
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.1522
ER  -