An ongoing dialogue on HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases,
May 13th, 2009
Working While Contagious: Why Do We Do This?
File this under, “physicians behaving badly”: The nearly universal MD practice of going to work while sick. The ironic thing is we think we’re being selfless — after all, if we don’t show up, our patients will need to be rescheduled, or someone will need to cover, or some administrative/teaching task will not get done — […]
Paul E. Sax, MD
Contributing Editor
NEJM Journal Watch
Infectious Diseases
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