In most cases, the doctor is unable to avoid some degree of
emotional involvement with the sick individual who has come to him for
help. The physician knows well the usual development of events
in a (36) sickness, but his personal reaction to the death
of the patient is a variable thing. It is (37) by many
conditions, such as the (38) of his relationship with the
patient, the age of the person (39) , and the nature of the
final disease. The (40) is usually not too
upset by the (41) death of a patient who has enjoyed a long,
pleasant, and (42) life, and he may accept calmly the death
of a person in a younger age group who’s got seriously (43)
However, he is always saddened by the death of a child, or young adult, for any
reason. (44) . When a person under medical
treatment dies, the internist can always comfort himself with the idea that
(45) . On the other hand, when death follows an operation,
the surgeon usually leads himself to considering. The surgeon usually gives at
least a passing thought to the possibility that (46) .