Warm-hearted Care

It was July 5, 1991, and it was my first night on call. St. Margaret’s was a 250-bed hospital with two interns on call through the night. One intern had the ICU and the monitored floor. The other intern—that was me—was responsible for the rest of the hospital. Because the ICU intern was dealing with

Relationships are defined by the way two or more people are connected. For someone who is not well, her relationship with her doctor is not a casual, but an important connection. At every doctor-patient encounter, two experts are present. The doctor brings his expertise; the patient is the expert in her body. How well a