[Hauerwas] implies that doctors exist to help their patients tell the story of their life journey, if the patient and doctor are willing, and that doctors are a part of the community that surrounds patients in suffering so the patient is not isolated by pain. 

Residency has taught me I should stop at nothing, that there is no barrier I must not try to knock down. As such, I have countless times felt like a bad doctor—when I fail to discharge a patient exactly when they want to be discharged, when I cannot get a medication covered completely by insurance, even when I cannot find a fridge for my patient’s house. My responsibilities have felt too much, and I think that is Lantos’ point. We do still need doctors—we just need many people to fill the role we have decided they must fill.