在更广泛的医疗保健体系内，医学院的学生们会很容易地认为，药物在很大程度上将病人照护的实际工作和情感工作留给了护士、社会工作者、病人以及病人的支持网络。
In the broader system of healthcare, students can readily discern that medicine largely leaves the practical and emotional tasks of care-giving to nurses, social workers, and the patient and his or her network of support.