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Why medical knowledge cannot eliminate parental powerlessness

I have memorized every symptom of my son's condition but I still feel helpless when he is in pain and I cannot fix what is wrong with his body.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Intellectual understanding of illness provides no relief from the emotional reality of being unable to protect one's child from suffering.

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