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My path to medicine was unremarkable. My parents loved me. My siblings irritated me. We lived in a working class neighborhood in Philadelphia where factory jobs and union membership were the common currency of everyday life. For immigrant parents with hopes of a better life for their children, there was only one path: success at school and a life in law or medicine. My brother chose law. I chose medicine.
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Horwitz, R.I. (2011). What Went Right. In: Schwartz, D. (eds) Medicine Science and Dreams. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9538-1_20
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