My lousy doctor

Seeing the inferior wall Q waves and remnant ST segment elevations, he still waited to show the electrocardiogram to a cardiologist, who eventually made him go to the emergency room. In a month or so, I will have to experience the wonders of the gastroenterological evaluation, this time not as a doc...

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Published in:BMJ 2004-01, Vol.328 (7433), p.219-219
Main Author: Gatt, Moshe E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Antibiotics
Emergency medical care
Fever
Fillers
Heart attacks
Inflammatory bowel disease
Pain
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Summary:Seeing the inferior wall Q waves and remnant ST segment elevations, he still waited to show the electrocardiogram to a cardiologist, who eventually made him go to the emergency room. In a month or so, I will have to experience the wonders of the gastroenterological evaluation, this time not as a doctor. [...]my mother and mother in law were correct (I can't believe I just wrote that); so was my senior attending physician, although realising it a little late (I wonder if his mother preached to him too): "A physician who treats himself has got a lousy doctor."
ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.328.7433.219