Patients who can tell who’s working in the ED by looking at their cars:
It seems that some “frequent flyers” in our emergency department actually know what cars the different ED physicians drive. When they see Dr. Feelgood’s car in the lot, they register for pain complaints. When they see Dr. NSAID’s car in the lot, they go somewhere else.
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Would be worth the cost of the vanity tag: NSAID4U.
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