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7 Common Healthcare Career Myths

Myth 6: To protect my patients and myself from emotional stress, I must not establish a relationship with them

“The provider/patient relationship requires respect, integrity, trust and compassion,” says Dr. Georgianna Donadio, founder and executive director of the New England School of Whole Health Education. “Without creating an equity-based relationship built on these values, the provider cannot facilitate patients’ healing in an authentic and appropriate way.”