Girl Meets Tumor.

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On Being a Doctor18 June 2019Girl Meets TumorChloe Y. Li, BAChloe Y. Li, BAHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, and Northwestern University Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Chicago, Illinois (C.Y.L.)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M19-0032 Audio Reading - “Girl Meets Tumor” Audio. Virginia Hood, MD, reads “Girl Meets Tumor” by Chloe Y. Li, BA Your browser does not support the audio element. Audio player progress bar Step backward in current audio track Play current audio trackPause current audio track Step forward in current audio track Mute current audio trackUnmute current audio track 00:00/ SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail On Wednesday afternoons in my first year of medical school, we practiced the physical examination in groups of about 10 students. On one especially humid afternoon, we learned the head and neck examination. Then, my classmates and I learned I had a tumor.The doctor meant to teach my examination partner how to palpate the temporomandibular joint and used my jaw as a model. His fingers, which had been lightly examining the right side of my face, turned insistent and probing. He asked whether I'd had that checked.“Oh, that's just a bump.”He shook his head definitively. “That is ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, and Northwestern University Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Chicago, Illinois (C.Y.L.)Current Author Address: Chloe Y. Li, BA, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115; e-mail, [email protected]harvard.edu. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement Audio Reading - “Girl Meets Tumor” Audio. Virginia Hood, MD, reads “Girl Meets Tumor” by Chloe Y. Li, BA Your browser does not support the audio element. Audio player progress bar Step backward in current audio track Play current audio trackPause current audio track Step forward in current audio track Mute current audio trackUnmute current audio track 00:00/ FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 18 June 2019Volume 170, Issue 12Page: 895-896KeywordsBiopsyFacial nerveFearHead and neck tumorsHearingMedical educationMouthScarsSurgeryTemporomandibular joint ePublished: 18 June 2019 Issue Published: 18 June 2019 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2019 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...