Thanks Adam. I always wonder if the dehumanisation is a way of breaking down our pre-professional self, shattering it, in the hopes (sometimes realised) that we will rebuild a new identity . By this view, burnout is an essential part of the process. There need to be monitors and rescuers. Sounds like u had some. In most traditions, the p…
Thanks Adam. I always wonder if the dehumanisation is a way of breaking down our pre-professional self, shattering it, in the hopes (sometimes realised) that we will rebuild a new identity . By this view, burnout is an essential part of the process. There need to be monitors and rescuers. Sounds like u had some. In most traditions, the process of becoming a healer requires sweat, suffering, and self-transformation. Robertson Davies meditates on this in his novel about a doctor, The Cunning Man.
Thanks Adam. I always wonder if the dehumanisation is a way of breaking down our pre-professional self, shattering it, in the hopes (sometimes realised) that we will rebuild a new identity . By this view, burnout is an essential part of the process. There need to be monitors and rescuers. Sounds like u had some. In most traditions, the process of becoming a healer requires sweat, suffering, and self-transformation. Robertson Davies meditates on this in his novel about a doctor, The Cunning Man.
Thanks John. Such a true observations. (And thanks for the tip off that you're a Robertson Davies fan!)