Practicing on Patients, Real and Otherwise

From The New York Times
By PAULINE W. CHEN, M.D.

Near the end of my surgical training, I spent three months as chief resident of a hospital trauma team. Two other doctors-in-training and I formed the first-line emergency room response, assessing and resuscitating patients who had been mangled, burned or otherwise injured. It was my first experience [...]

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