‘My patient eventually goes home, implying I was unhelpful. My regret is replaced by guilt and then surrender when she returns the following day on my watch.’Photograph: Islandstock/Alamy
“I like you, that’s why I come here. You talk nicely.”
She flatters me, but my patient’s warm words are cold comfort.
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