Choosing family over medicine: Why I decided to leave clinical medicine
When my obstetrician told me I was not going back to my clinic that afternoon due to severe preeclampsia, I was so indoctrinated that my first thought was of the inconvenience to my patients who would need to be rescheduled. Only a few minutes later did it register that I would be giving birth sooner than I had anticipated, and my new life as “working mother” would begin.
I was due …
Choosing family over medicine: Why I decided to leave clinical medicine



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