RT Book, Section
A1 Levinson, Wendy
A1 Ginsburg, Shiphra
A1 Hafferty, Frederic W.
A1 Lucey, Catherine R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1102114721
T1 Foreword
T2 Understanding Medical Professionalism
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-180743-2
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1102114721
RD 2024/04/19
AB When  I  was  22  I  was  camping  in  the  Pacific  Northwest  and  broke  my  arm.  I  was  a  student  with  no  health  insurance  and  no  money.  I  went  to  a  couple  of  emergency  rooms  in  the  small  towns  in  the  area  and  all  of  them  told  me  they  couldn't  treat  me.  Finally  I  found  a  physician—not  an  orthopedic  surgeon—probably  an  internist—who  would  see  me.  We  both  scanned  a  book  about  fractures  to  see  how  to  set  my  arm.  When  asked  by  his  office  staff  how  to  code  the  bill,  he  said  code  it  “H”  for  humanitarian.