Palliative medicine physicians: doomed to burn?

On the first day of term, we academics and clinicians watch our first-year physician students file into the lecture theatre full of joy and altruistic dynamism. They have a burning passion to gain the knowledge, expertise and practical wisdom to cure and care for their fellow humans in times of sickness and decline. Our hope is that each of their dreams and aspirations are realised, to the full, in a healthy educational and work setting. This...