For physicians, encountering a patients death can be complex and may involve
issues of personal meaning and emotional connection. As meaning and
connection shape experiences, so experiences shape purpose and, understanding
affecting encounters and relationships with others. It is through this
living process that individuals learn and grow. Physicians experiences and
learning have an impact on how they care for patients and how they view
their own work. This work examines physicians experiences with patients
deaths. It shows that physicians learned from patients death and that learning
was...