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          “ Well, that’s where I’ll have to disagree.” and she knows she’s pushing it, but she can’t stop herself. “If being invested– if caring– makes me a bad doctor… well then I’m not sure if I want to be a good one. ”

S t u p i d. Stupid, stubborn residents who
thought  the  world  revolved around  them.
Teddy  could  still  remember when she’d
stood in their place. There’d been  a  time
when  she,  too,  would  have  fought tooth
and  nail  for a patient, but Teddy had long
since  figured  out that it only brought  out
the  worst  in  her.  Patiently,  she  tried to
offer the advice that she’d  received  God
knows how many times before  –  but this
wasn’t  the  kind  of   lesson  that could be
taught through words; through  knowledge.
It  was  the  kind  of  lesson  only  courage
could  bring,  to  have  one’s  hands in  an
open  chest cavity and feel the heart grow
still beneath your fingers.

          “I’m not  asking  you  n o t  to care.  However  much  Yang
          tries  to  convince  you  otherwise,  we’re still human. Yes,
          sometimes caring gives us just the fight we need to follow
          it   through,  but  more  often  than  not  it  just  h i n d e r s
          us.  You  grow  close to your patient, and you start treating
          them with  your heart and not your head. That’s not the job,
          Stevens – you just have to remember that.”