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Health Affairs, 27, no. 3 (2008): 850-854 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.850 © 2008 by Project HOPE	New Online   Getting Health Reform Done   After the State of the Union   Incremental Reform   E-Health in Developing World   Most-Read Articles in 2009

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The Disappearing Doctors

Janet R. Gilsdorf

THE PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES (PID) team assembles in the hallway for rounds here at the children’s hospital where I have worked for twenty-five years. I’m the attending physician during the next two weeks, and the other team members include the PID clinical fellow, two pediatric residents, a medical student, and two pharmacy students.

"Where’s Diana?" I ask. Diana, a second-year pediatric resident, is doing a month-long elective on pediatric infectious diseases. On Monday afternoons and Wednesday mornings she is at her primary care continuity clinic. Today is Tuesday. She should be here.

"She was the night float on hem-onc . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Missing Residents

 

Sprinting Through Care

 

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Unintended Consequences

 

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