Medical school is brutal. You are surrounded by death and suffering. A basic defense mechanism is for us to detach and de-humanize the patients. If we became emotionally involved it would be like having friends die all the time. That would wear on anyone. Of course, some people take it to the extreme.

I can remember when I was a new med student going to a code and hearing a senior resident say something like "I hope they are flatlined so this won't take long" I was disgusted. I can remember as a senior resident thinking the same thing. Again, I was disgusted. It is sad, but true.

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