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On Being a Doctor3 May 2016The Last DayWilliam Lynes, MDWilliam Lynes, MDFrom Temecula, California.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M15-2341 Audio Reading - “The Last Day” Audio. Michael A. LaCombe, MD, Annals Associate Editor, reads "The Last Day," by W. Lynes. 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 The room was cold and dark as I entered my office that last day. My diploma shone as a damaged image as I pondered the tragic plan, one of a burnt-out physician who could not practice anymore. I loathed that likeness; pathetic, weak, a failure at medicine, my lifelong goal. I had a family to take care of and a loving wife, but I was incapacitated and paralyzed with fear.Twenty-four hours later, miraculously I was alive, blood covering the floor of my office from the grim sacrifice. My choice to die at my own hands had failed. I informed ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Temecula, California.Corresponding Author: William Lynes, MD; e-mail, [email protected]com. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement Audio Reading - “The Last Day” Audio. Michael A. LaCombe, MD, Annals Associate Editor, reads "The Last Day," by W. Lynes. 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 3 May 2016Volume 164, Issue 9Page: 631KeywordsAlcoholicsAnxietyEmotionsIntensive care unitsShockSuicideSurgeryThoraxTracheostomyWeight loss ePublished: 3 May 2016 Issue Published: 3 May 2016 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2016 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...
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