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BECOMING A PHYSICIAN Previous Volume 361:649-651 August 13, 2009 Number 7 Next

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In my second week of medical internship, I received a "friend request" on Facebook, the popular social-networking Web site. The name of the requester was familiar: Erica Baxter. Three years earlier, as a medical student, I had participated in the delivery of Ms. Baxter's baby. Now, apparently, she wanted to be back in touch.

Despite certain reservations, I clicked "confirm," and Ms. Baxter joined my list of Facebook "friends." I was curious to hear about the progress of her baby girl, but I wondered about the appropriateness of this interaction. Was Ms. Baxter simply a grateful patient interested in sharing . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From Harvard Business School and the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital — both in Boston.

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