In a memoir published as he retires from a distinguished career in which he helped shape the field of whole-person care, Montreal physician and scholar Tom Hutchinson shares deeply personal and painful details from his own experience.
Why share so fully?
He tells Gazette reporter Susan Schwartz: “It fits with the message we give medical students, that your own experiences in your family, particularly difficult experiences — including with illness and death — will be your greatest treasures in learning to relate compassionately to your patients.”
