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On Being a Doctor |15 November 2016

On Giving

Emma Goldsmith Rooney, BS

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I stare at you as they wheel you down the hallway toward our operating room. You are a little twisted in the bed, and, as you get closer, I see that you're all lanky limbs and stubble and messy brown hair. My heart sinks because I know by looking at you that you're close to my brother's age, and you look like him, too. I have so many questions. Did your family just say goodbye? Are your parents upstairs crying? Are there brothers and sisters and friends and cousins? Did your room have flowers in it? Or did it all...
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Rooney EG. On Giving. Ann Intern Med. 2016;165:740. doi: 10.7326/M16-0227

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 2016;165(10):740.

DOI: 10.7326/M16-0227

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