The difficult patient.

I have my difficult patient - much more obvious in the in-patient setting versus the out-pt.  He is whiny, he is cranky.  He is on a mega-dose of narcotics.  He doesn't move out of bed.  He belches every time I walk in the room.  He always, always, ALWAYS complains.

I try.  I try to be removed, to be impartial...  objective.

It is beyond difficult.  Sometimes it's damn near impossible.  How to get over that?!