M.D.: Doctors Talk about ThemselvesM.D. takes readers behind the masks of the men and women practicing the art of medicine in America today. Speaking anonymously (and therefore freely in this litigious era), physicians tell us about their pressures, doubts, failures, and successes. |
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... tumor . In my own mind I had no hesitation about trying to find the tumor with angiography again . So I gave him another injection , and he had another seizure . We got him out of it , and this time we could see the tumor clearly . But ...
... tumor . In my own mind I had no hesitation about trying to find the tumor with angiography again . So I gave him another injection , and he had another seizure . We got him out of it , and this time we could see the tumor clearly . But ...
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... tumor . I was beginning to sense that I would probably be sued for this , and a few months later I was . I'll never forget going in for my deposition and seeing the father there . I extended my hand to him , and when he wouldn't shake ...
... tumor . I was beginning to sense that I would probably be sued for this , and a few months later I was . I'll never forget going in for my deposition and seeing the father there . I extended my hand to him , and when he wouldn't shake ...
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... tumor that had paralyzed him on one side and caused such intractable pain that he'd torn off part of one ear . It was painful just to look at him . It was the first tumor in this area of the brain that I had ever done a very risky area ...
... tumor that had paralyzed him on one side and caused such intractable pain that he'd torn off part of one ear . It was painful just to look at him . It was the first tumor in this area of the brain that I had ever done a very risky area ...
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