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A hazard of impatient medicine.

September 11, 2013

Gunderman R, Lynch J, Harrell H. The Atlantic. September 3, 2013.

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This magazine article reports on the unique tension between efficiency mandates and patient-centered care through the example of a cancer patient whose suicidal thoughts might have been missed if not for a curious medical student delving further into the patient's medication concerns during a routine follow-up appointment.

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