It was 5:00am and pitch black except for the dim parking garage lighting. I sat in my car, breathing in and out slowly, trying to will myself to get up and go into work. I wanted to cry, but I was beyond crying. I was too defeated, too exhausted…
Over the last few decades, public perception of physicians has been on the decline. Some of this is due to factors such as rising health care costs and long appointment wait times, but a largely overlooked contributing factor is the media. Physicians are often portrayed negatively with stories of narcotic…