Understood

I didn’t know Dr. Margaret Keenan but wished that I had. One of her eulogies said this of her:

I think that what her patients craved was not to be healed but to be understood

I pray that my own demise is far off—our kids are still young and I’m just beginning to master my craft. But when I’m gone, I hope that my patients will generally recall that I understood them. §

Author: doctorfrenz

I'm a physician specializing in addiction medicine

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