Elegy on a Doctor's Most Challenging Patient - Medscape

Elegy on a Doctor's Most Challenging Patient  Medscape

In this poem, a nephrologist reflects on a patient she encountered as a fellow and the fear that 'I may find myself in her footprint.'



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