It was in cardiology clinic, during my opening week of intern year, that a patient
first broke my heart as a doctor. His voice was gravelly and occasionally difficult
to understand, and the words spilled from him like an undammed stream. I had walked
into the exam room and after asking what brought him to clinic, I was met with a solid
wall of text. He seemed to talk without drawing breath, veering from topic to topic,
gaze directed downwards. After several minutes, I gently tried to redirect the interview
and it was then that he looked up, meeting my eyes.
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Accepted:
December 26,
2022
Received:
December 22,
2022
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