“For someone with your breast size, the risk of a complication is pretty high. I would recommend against the surgery.”
I smiled at the 50-year-old woman who sat in front of me wearing a pink, paper gown and a crestfallen look. She had recently been diagnosed with breast cancer and was planning on undergoing a mastectomy as part of her cancer treatment. Her breast surgeon had referred her to me to discuss …
“Does he speak English?”
As I was busy working at my computer dictating on the last patient, I overheard the question posed to my receptionist. The receptionist, unfazed, responded with a polite, “yes.”
My medical assistant ushered the patient into one of the exam rooms where Ms. Smith proceeded to expound on how she had experienced some less than ideal interactions with Indian physicians — they had seemed cold and curt; their …
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