Death Was Clinical to Me. Then It Became Personal.

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Source: MedPage Today

Original: https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/119566...

Published: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 12:00:00 -0500

The physician has been trained to view death as an outcome that is sometimes preventable but often inevitable due to underlying medical comorbidities[4][6]. He learned to pronounce, document, predict and explain death to patients' families. He originally viewed death clinically and professionally. Later, death became a personal experience for him. This shift changed his view of death from objective to subjective. The article was published by MedPage Today.