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The patients we do not see

  • Written by Dave A. Chokshi, Physician, New York University Langone Medical Center
imageAn empty wheelchair – or is there a person there we do not see?From www.shutterstock.com

In medicine, we speak of “seeing patients” when we are rounding in the hospital or caring for those who come to our clinics. But what about those people who may be sick but do not seek care? What is our responsibility to the patients we do...

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