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Humanities and Medicine| Volume 54, ISSUE 5, P719-720, May 2018

The Healing Power of Words

  • Austin T. Smith
    Correspondence
    Reprint Address: Austin T. Smith, md, Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1313 21st Avenue, South, 703 Oxford House, Nashville, TN 37232-4700
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    Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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      What if we found as much joy and excitement in enriching a life as we did in saving a life? Would we enjoy our job more? Would the burnout rate be lower? These questions struck me after a recent patient encounter. The patient I saw was a 22-year-old former star collegiate athlete. He was handsome, smart, and once had a promising professional future at his sport.
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      1. Peckham C. Medscape lifestyle report 2017: race and ethnicity, bias and burnout. Available at: https://www.medscape.com/features/slideshow/lifestyle/2017/overview#page=4. Accessed July 15, 2017.