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Perspectives

The Hospitalized Physician-Patient: Finding a Role

Authors: Larrie Greenberg, MD

Abstract

Having spent almost 50 years as an academic clinician educator, I have been privileged to have taught thousands of trainees and colleagues about the art of teaching, learning, and patient care in the context of pediatrics. Fast forward to reaching a senior stage of my life and “retired” at age 80—I was feeling somewhat immortal, in great health, and never having been hospitalized. At that point, I experienced a turn of events that led me on a journey down the road of uncertainty and unknown territory, with two hospitalizations. These hospitalizations raised some questions for me introspectively; namely, what should the role of the physician-patient be in this setting?

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