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On Being a Doctor18 January 2011MosesEric Goralnick, MDEric Goralnick, MDFrom Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-154-2-201101180-00016 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail “I'd like you to see someone,” the social worker's voice crackled over my cheap Motorola cell phone. “His name is Moses.”“I'll be right there.”I was working at John F. Kennedy Memorial Medical Center, the largest hospital in Liberia, a nation ravaged by waves of bloodshed for more than 20 years. Liberia has been at war for so long, its people do not seem to remember any other form of existence.Before the war, JFK Hospital was a shining example of medical care in Western Africa, its facilities state-of-the-art and its staff highly trained. But after the 1980 coup, ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.Corresponding Author: Eric Goralnick, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Neville House, Boston, MA 02115; e-mail, [email protected]org. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 18 January 2011Volume 154, Issue 2Page: 135-136KeywordsEmergency departmentHeartHospital medicineMalariaMemorySleepTouchTriageTuberculosisWalking ePublished: 18 January 2011 Issue Published: 18 January 2011 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2011 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...
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