Nurses and doctors, people with good hearts, also frequently become closed to their own pain. Driven ruthlessly by the unrealistic expectations of the systems in which they work, trained to use coping strategies that have them ignoring what hurts most, they lose touch with their compassionate hearts. Often, they meet their own discomfort and alienation with rejection instead of love. Like the oncologist treating Jackson, when they are overworked, they become shut down; molded by their training, they see only symptoms and not the person in front of them. All they have left to offer is their
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