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Dr WallabyA Parable for Modern Medicine
Anthony L. Rostain, MD;
Joel D. Howell, MD
JAMA. 1985;254(20):2947-2948.
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YESTERDAY afternoon, just after I had finished with my last patient, a man burst into my office. Gasping for breath, he pleaded, "This is an emergency! Please see me immediately!" Before I could reply, he collapsed into my chair and began his tale of woe.
"My name is William Wallaby. I'm a 45-year-old internist, and I'm sick. I don't sleep well. I can't concentrate anymore. Worst of all, I'm really starting to doubt my skills as a doctor."
Dr Wallaby's only other complaints were headaches and low back pain. However, he admitted to overeating, cigarette smoking, and ocassionally excessive drinking. He exercised rarely, spent little time with his family, and almost never saw his friends. Suspecting that Dr Wallaby was depressed because of his work, I asked him to tell me about his life as a doctor.
"After I graduated from medical school," he replied, "I did my time in
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Author Affiliations
From the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia. Dr Howell is now with the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor. Dr Rostain is now with the Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Footnotes
Reprint requests to the Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (Dr Rostain).
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