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Part of the challenge of being happy in medical practice arises from the difficulty of ascertaining whether we are truly succeeding as doctors. In primary care, we take on complex problems and often feel as if we're failing. So we take whatever encouragement we can get. I was flattered recently when the husband of a dying patient thanked me for my care and said, "You're one of those people who really should be a doctor." The good feeling didn't last, however — I soon ran into a man who had changed doctors after I had counseled caution on screening with . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Dr. Baron is a practicing internist and the president of Greenhouse Internists, Philadelphia. He has been a director of the American Board of Internal Medicine since 2001.

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