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Medical students' internal conflicts and worries when exposed to surgical patients in pain

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Medical students were unsure how to respond to patients in pain in fear it would weaken their efficiency

Medical students were doubtful in how to respond to the patient in pain. Most students were concerned that their own emotional response would weaken their efficiency as a doctor and believed that exhibiting indifference to patient pain was standard behavior.

Updated 2022-10-04

Contributors are:

Natalie Fick

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Who are from:

University of Illinois at Chicago

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References

Third-year medical students' reactions to surgical patients in pain: doubt, distress, and depersonalization

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