Artigo Revisado por pares

Close Calls

2008; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 359; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1056/nejmp0804351

ISSN

1533-4406

Autores

Perri Klass,

Tópico(s)

Psychology of Social Influence

Resumo

I didn't realize I was on call that night until we were at Fenway Park and the ball game was well under way. Call started at 9 p.m., and frankly, I was lucky I even heard my beeper chirp its forlorn, reproachful, you-have-a-page-you-haven't-looked-at alert. But around 9:02, I found myself taking leave of my family and making people stand up all along the row of seats so I could get out and look for someplace reasonably quiet to take my call. And thinking, resentfully, “Damn it, am I actually on call tonight? Can't a person even go to a Red . . .

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