Ensuring physicians and physician trainees are psychologically prepared for adverse events could benefit patients, physicians, and the health system itself.
“Without facts, you can’t have truth. Without truth, you can’t have trust. Without all three, we have no shared reality, and democracy as we know it—and all meaningful human endeavors—are dead.”
—Maria Ressa
Hundreds of years ago, Avicenna, one of the most eminent physicians and philosophers of his time, defined a physician’s key responsibility as providing hope to patients in times of distress.