You describe the role of a therapist, priest, best friend. Doctors train in science and should focus primarily on the science of medicine. I suppose it feels be

You describe the role of a therapist, priest, best friend. Doctors train in science and should focus primarily on the science of medicine. I suppose it feels better when the physician also shows some empathy and compassion, but their job comes down to healing and saving lives. Too much emotional involvement with patients actually gets in the way, which is why physicians generally don't treat their own family. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10523028/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10523028/