RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Hatpins JF The Annals of Family Medicine JO Ann Fam Med FD American Academy of Family Physicians SP 581 OP 582 DO 10.1370/afm.2135 VO 15 IS 6 A1 Irene Koplinka-Loehr YR 2017 UL http://www.annfammed.org/content/15/6/581.abstract AB Hatpins is a first-person narrative that delves into a physician’s experience of a patient death during the early years of residency. The essay reflects on the conflicted physician-patient relationships that can develop even over the short tenure of residency. While residency seeks to create medically prepared and compassionate physicians, this piece speaks to the importance of the often subtle learning that comes from ethical, social, and cultural aspects of both the lives and deaths of our patients.