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Medical students and resident physicians spend much of their training in transient, time-limited relationships with patients, families, and care providers. This article offers a partial catalog of the problems the evanescent nature of trainees' relationships with others creates in lives, the strategies they often use to address these problems, and the consequences these strategies may have on their behavior and development.
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