Open AccessDid I do no harm? The Physician as Healer: Physician Perspective
Author(s) -
Marie-Pier Bastrash
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
mcgill journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1715-8125
pISSN - 1201-026X
DOI - 10.26443/mjm.v15i1.30
Subject(s) - harm , medicine , perspective (graphical) , narrative , do no harm , family medicine , nursing , social psychology , psychiatry , psychology , literature , art , artificial intelligence , computer science
A reflective essay based on a true patient interaction during Marie-Pier's Third Year Pediatrics rotation. Through the narrative, she explores the concept of non-maleficence, doubt, guilt and responsability in patient outcomes. Physicians aim to Do No Harm, but is that ever possible?