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What if physicians themselves become patients? How objectively can they assess their own illness? And how should colleagues of “physicians-patients” behave correctly towards them? The present case provides approaches to address these problems.
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Breckwoldt, J. (2023). Cardiologist with Heart Attack. In: Wenzel, V. (eds) Case Studies in Emergency Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-67249-5_47
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