Fig. 3

Symptoms and therapies of the patients and their physician. The stress responses of the physician closely followed the clinical course of patients 1 and 2. After experiencing the death of patient 1, she partially blamed herself. Later, when patient 2 presented exacerbation to respiratory failure, the stress reaction of the MD flared up to its maximum level, and she had anticipatory anxiety about the clinical course. When patient 1 did not survive, she showed great sympathy regarding the deterioration of the mental health of his mother. The stress of the doctor improved along with the improving course of the respiratory and psychiatric conditions of patient 2