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BECOMING A PHYSICIAN Previous Volume 355:864-866 August 31, 2006 Number 9 Next

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I first met Mr. B. during my internship, when he was a 29-year-old musician who had been admitted to the hospital with atypical pneumonia. After he was discharged, he kept his follow-up appointment with me, and I became his primary care physician. During the next 10 years, he succeeded in stopping smoking, and his major concern was his lack of steady employment. Just before turning 40, Mr. B. developed idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). His thrombocytopenia responded to corticosteroids, but it recurred when the dose was tapered. Between the medication and the uncertainty, he became depressed.

During the next 10 years, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Dr. Woo is a primary care physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital and an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School — both in Boston.

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