The role of the doctor in psychiatry or end-of-life care is not to erase the WHY

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Randall Bock – The role of the doctor — in psychiatry or end-of-life care — is not to erase the “why.” It is to explore it, hold it up to the light, and help the patient endure until the story reaches its natural close. Psychiatry once meant thinking deeply about a patient’s life. Dr. Keith Ablow says it has shifted to ten- or fifteen-minute prescription visits...