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Perspective

Indy's Blog, The Doctor-Patient Relationship

During my internal medicine rotation, I took care of a gentleman with end-stage heart failure. He was young (early 50s) and personable, and I saw him every morning for a month. I followed him on a journey, we went through the ups and downs together, and I spent at least an hour in his room every day explaining his test results, answering his

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Saying goodbye

Indy's Blog, The Doctor-Patient Relationship

My patient was transferred to a rehab facility today, and I didn’t say goodbye. He was admitted over a week ago, 19 years old, sick, and terrified. I saw the fear in his eyes when the resident told him that we would need to perform a lumbar puncture, that we would need to place a large needle in his spinal canal

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