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I grasped the list of patients, fingering the crispness of the sheet that represented my first day of service on the medical wards. I knew that the sheet would soon be crumpled and covered with scrawl, as I scurried about, meeting 36 patients, 2 residents, 4 interns, and 6 medical students. But for now, the paper felt cool, controlled, and reliable in my grip.

I was ashamed to admit it, but I was perversely thankful for the numerous comatose patients on my service, because they made rounds faster and left me more time to concentrate on the active GI bleeders, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From Bellevue Hospital–New York University School of Medicine, New York.

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