The day before writing this, I had two unusual experiences in the office. I am not referring to the patient whom I had not seen in years who gifted me yesterday with a full size New York style cheesecake. I now must decide how I will apportion those 15,000 calories. Perhaps, if I have 1 teaspoonful a day for a year that my BMI won’t be unduly affected. The newsworthy events had nothing do with my medical skills. I did not nail down a rare diagnosis or provide a cure that evaded other practitioners. In fact, the events that I will highlight below occurred prior to my entering the exam room. When I enter an exam room to greet patients, they are generally engaged in the same activity – they are on their phones. They are watching videos or playing games. They are checking their e-mails. They are pecking at the keyboard as they are issuing forth text messages of monumental importance. Where did this come from? How did we find ourselves in a world where no spare momen
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