Neda Frayha was at the beach with her family when one of her primary care patients called her on her cell phone with some routine questions. Neda became increasingly resentful at the boundary violation. And then she thought of her friend Nirav Shah, who always invites his patients to contact him anytime. Boundaries in medicine are seldom taught, yet they’re crucial for professional health and personal well-being. And yet we tend to idolize the clinicians who give of themselves endlessly to their patients. Is this good? Or are we setting ourselves up for resentment and burnout? In this episode of Only Human: Real Clinician Stories, Unfiltered, we hear from physicians with different approaches to boundaries. We explore why they’re so tricky, how to figure out what boundaries we really want, and how to establish them with greater confidence.

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