From the Editor: Am I My Brother's Keeper? A Skeptic's Call for Peer Support in Vascular Surgery
… pain, trauma and death on a near-daily basis. That comes with the job. But how do we deal with this? What … most commonly employed. Without these defenses, we would succumb to guilt, fear and despair. It is a difficult balance. … Denial is one of the most primitive reflexes, a refusal to accept reality. Denial is highly effective in the short …