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Patients Make Us Better: Here Are Some Ethical Lessons Patients Teach Their Doctors

by G. Richard Holt, MD, MSE, MPH, MABE, D Bioethics • December 14, 2020

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Dr. G. Richard Holt is professor emeritus and clinical professor in the department of otolaryngology–head and neck surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio.

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