Seen taped to the cover of a large emergency medicine text:
Sick --> admit to medicine or surgery
Not sick --> Vicodin, generic discharge paperwork
Not sure --> admit to neurology
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Posted on: September 10, 2007 10:24 AM, by Signout
Seen taped to the cover of a large emergency medicine text:
Sick --> admit to medicine or surgery
Not sick --> Vicodin, generic discharge paperwork
Not sure --> admit to neurology
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Comments
Good one. Several years ago, I heard a neurologist giving a presentation comment that "The old saying about neurology is that we don't treat diseases, we merely admire them." Love that self-deprecating medical humor.
Posted by: BG | September 11, 2007 8:57 AM
Wow, I hope that wasn't just a synopsis of the text. *installs plastic bubble*
Posted by: Heather | September 14, 2007 5:18 PM