Compassion Fatigue

In medicine, we’re trained to stay rational and calm—but when illness strikes those we love, even the strongest clinical armor can fall away.

Filipino-Canadian nurse Glesy Banton-Victoria says she had planned to attend the Lapu Lapu Day street festival in Vancouver on Saturday but took a nap instead, exhausted by a funeral earlier in the day.

For Doctors’ Day—May 1—Dr. Alykhan Abdulla shares his latest poem on identity and the everyday reality of the profession.

In this case report from 20 years ago, career palliative care physician Dr. Romayne Gallagher looks back at how much we've learned about helping patients with existential suffering.

A medical reporter confronts fatigue—and calls on physicians to share how they help patients (and themselves) manage it.

More unsolicited early career advice: gigs and hustles for the burgeoning doctor.

Dr. Ginevra Mills thinks back to a case where she wondered: did her preceptor not know that Crazy Socks 4 Docs is about breaking down the stigma around mental health in physicians?

As part of a series of first-person true stories written by physicians, Dr. Anne Monahan reflects on the healing effects of music and seeing the whole person.