I guess one of the most difficult things for a doctor is creating the perfect balance of emotional detachment and empathy. Also, how do you stop feeling responsible if you can't make someone well? I'd be in a permanent state of guilt.
Hope you're having a good weekend and can put work to one side occasionally!
We have a saying in my specific field of training, we are the doctors of doctors. While any clinician could take a guess what tumor they find on the body, it will end up dependent on what the pathologist would see anyway. And management decisions cascade to what the report means after. I don't get to be present on counseling and interdependent patient meetings tend to put us at the backseat view right after we gave our report. Some rare instances where we just have to be in contact with patients when they ask why some tests are necessary do happen especially when these tests aren't the usual routine and also tend to be expensive.
Hope you had a great weekend. Can't say I look forward on Mondays but tomorrow is another grind.