There are joys and satisfactions in the practice of medicine. Indeed, they have sustained me for the past few decades. I enjoy the work and I continue to be honored that my long-term patients as well as new ones place their trust in me. Despite my best efforts to deliver perfect advice to every patient every time, I confess that I am a member of the imperfect human species. I have reminded patients that while I try to offer sound medical advice, I am neither omniscient nor clairvoyant. If I knew, for example, that the medicine I am prescribing wouldn’t work, or would cause you an unpleasant side effect, then I would not have prescribed it. If you become a ill a week after you have been discharged from the hospital, it does not mean that you were thrown out prematurely. Excellent medical judgement doesn’t guarantee an excellent outcome. Conversely, a favorable medical result may occur after mediocre medical care. There are also frustrations in the everyday medical
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