Wednesday, July 18, 2012

It's not mine

There are few things that are more disturbing than to hear those words from physicians who are in the business of attending to and working with patients..."It's (referring to a live, breathing patient) not mine"

Let me get this straight. The patient needs your services, but "it's not yours?" And the it, ...that's Mrs. Bernstein. I know you are tired, so am I. I know your reimbursement won't be maximal, but who's is. But she is yours. You are a neurologist with expertise in meningitis, you are on call, and she does have meningitis.

So it, her brain and it's surrounding meningeal structures, are yours.