On Being a Doctor 2
Authors: Michael A. LaCombe, Frank Davidoff
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2000)

Editorials18 April 2000On Being a Doctor 2Michael A. LaCombe, MD and Frank Davidoff, MDMichael A. LaCombe, MDAssociate Editor (LaCombe)Editor (Davidoff) and Frank Davidoff, MDAssociate Editor (LaCombe)Editor (Davidoff)Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00011 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Get your mind around this one: a salmonellosis outbreak over Fourth of July weekend. The state's only public health doctor swoops in like Eliot Ness after bootleggers, enters a branch of a national fast-food chain, and confiscates the burgers for laboratory testing. She stashes the evidence in her van and goes back into the restaurant to grill the food handlers under the bright light. While she's gone, her kids, left in the van, consume the evidence; she later berates them for "eating Mommy's work." Neither kid gets sick; they are enrolled as controls in the subsequent study (1).Or this ...References1. Gensheimer KF. The making of a public health physician.. In: LaCombe MA, eds. On Being a Doctor 2: Voices of Physicians and Patients. Philadelphia: American Coll of Physicians; 1999:92-5. Google Scholar2. Casano AA. Reimbursement over the Atlantic.. In: LaCombe MA, eds. On Being a Doctor 2: Voices of Physicians and Patients. Philadelphia: American Coll of Physicians; 1999:31-6. Google Scholar3. LaCombe MA, ed. On Being A Doctor 2: Voices of Physicians and Patients. Philadelphia: American Coll of Physicians; 1999. Google Scholar4. Fitzgerald FT. Curiosity.. In: LaCombe MA, eds. On Being a Doctor 2: Voices of Physicians and Patients. Philadelphia: American Coll of Physicians; 1999:5-12. Google Scholar5. Grubb BP. Awakening.. In: LaCombe MA, eds. On Being a Doctor 2: Voices of Physicians and Patients. Philadelphia: American Coll of Physicians; 1999:13-5. Google Scholar6. Iezzoni LI. What should I say? Communication around disability.. In: LaCombe MA, eds. On Being a Doctor 2: Voices of Physicians and Patients. Philadelphia: American Coll of Physicians; 1999:277-88. Google Scholar7. Fournier AM. The Gram stain.. In: LaCombe MA, eds. On Being a Doctor 2: Voices of Physicians and Patients. Philadelphia: American Coll of Physicians; 1999:23-5. Google Scholar8. Klein MD. The prison patient.. In: LaCombe MA, eds. On Being a Doctor 2: Voices of Physicians and Patients. Philadelphia: American Coll of Physicians; 1999:54-7. Google Scholar9. Smith L. Death in springtime.. In: LaCombe MA, eds. On Being a Doctor 2: Voices of Physicians and Patients. Philadelphia: American Coll of Physicians; 1999:115-6. Google Scholar10. Bekas S. New Year. Mirza S, tr. In: LaCombe MA, ed. On Being a Doctor 2: Voices of Physicians and Patients. Philadelphia: American Coll of Physicians; 1999:301-2. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Michael A. LaCombe, MD; Frank Davidoff, MDAffiliations: Associate Editor (LaCombe)Editor (Davidoff)Corresponding Author: Michael A. LaCombe, MD, 1303 Naples Road, Harrison, ME 04040.Current Author Addresses: Dr. LaCombe: 1303 Naples Road, Harrison, ME 04040.Dr. Davidoff: American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, 190 N. Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, PA 19106. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 18 April 2000Volume 132, Issue 8Page: 671-672KeywordsComaDisabilitiesEatingFoodHypoglycemiaPhlebotomyPrevention, policy, and public healthResearch laboratoriesSalmonellosisSleep ePublished: 15 August 2000 Issue Published: 18 April 2000 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2000 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...