This family physician doesn’t like to do procedures. And she’s OK with it.

Some doctors love to do procedures.  Stitching, skin biopsies, removal of ingrown toenails — you name it, they’ll do it, and then they’ll ask for more.  In fact, I used to have a senior partner who actually told me he preferred doing procedures more than any other type of visit.  When I asked him why he enjoyed procedures so intensely, he shrugged and said, “Because I don’t have to think …

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