David Elkin
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521 appearances
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1 series
first heard Nov 2021
last heard Nov 2021
David Elkin’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Unfortunately, things are really busy and it seems like the residents and the students are really consumed with checklists.
They have to go through all the symptoms.
That's what they're being quizzed on, that's what they're being tested on.
There isn't much room for the more important work, again in my opinion, which consists of really connecting with a sense of meaning about our patients.
So I ask them questions like
What is it like to be paranoid?
What is this patient's life experience?
What is it like to lose hope?
At best, those two approaches, the humanistic and the biomedical, can coexist, can inform each other, can be very powerful.
But this morning I'm not feeling that.
The tension between those two poles is making me feel stressed and frustrated.
Finally we break, we decide that we've got enough of a handle on the day we can take a quick lunch.
We run down to the cafeteria before the line gets too long.
We disperse to do our work, but then I get a phone call.
It's Karen, the second year resident.
She's half apologetic.
I'm really sorry, but we've got this call.
I p just got the page.
I think we're gonna have to see this person.
It's a suicide evaluation.
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