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The Hidden Cost of Being a Surgeon: What Exposure to Suffering Does to Us (by Dr. Grant Stucki)

10 August 2026 · 38:32 · Episode 376

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In this episode, Dr. Grant Stucki discusses something many oral and maxillofacial surgeons experience but rarely talk about: the emotional weight of caring for patients who are in pain, injured, or facing life-changing diagnoses. He explores how repeated exposure to trauma can lead to compassion fatigue, emotional detachment, and secondary traumatic stress, with effects that often extend beyond the workplace into…

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