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A Debt to Society
Joseph Herman, MD
Arch Fam Med. 1997;6(2):111.
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EXUDING ANGER and defiance, Sagi slouched in his chair so ppthat I would not entertain illusions about his attitude toward authority. His hair was slicked back, his face pimply and with stubble in evidence, and a large brass earring pierced his left lobe. The black jacket of synthetic material made to look like leather suggested a motorcycle waiting outside.
"What can I do for you today?" I asked. His face cracked into an asymmetric smile, hinting at a request.
Only in retrospect did I realize the extent to which my first impressions had taken over and how hard my prejudices were at work. Sagi was intensely disliked by the clinic staff for his rudeness and his penchant for causing disturbances on busy days when he demanded to be seen at once, even if mothers with small children and elderly patients were ahead of him. His family members, too, were considered
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Author Affiliations
Family Practice Unit Department of Social Medicine Hebrew University/Hadassah Medical School Jerusalem, Israel
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