“I had a patient just this week who, as I was about to give her intravenous sedation, said, ‘Isn’t this illegal? Didn’t they stop abortions?’” Forty-nine years passed between Roe v. Wade, a Supreme Court case that upheld...
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At the start of my fourth year of medical school, I arrived at the hospital uncaffeinated, hungry, thirsty, and slightly irritable. I was about to embark on my dedicated study period for Step 2, but first I needed...
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References: Dreweke J. Contraception Is Not Abortion: The Strategic Campaign of Antiabortion Groups to Persuade the Public Otherwise. Guttmacher policy review : GPR 2014;17(4):14. Gallo MF, Lopez LM, Grimes DA, Carayon F, Schulz KF, Helmerhorst FM. Combination contraceptives:...
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The decision to embark on a medical career is also a decision to be perpetually evaluated based on factors outside and inside your control. I like to think of these factors—like your MCAT score, number and duration of...
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