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30-04-2024 | Healing Arts

The Fabric of Friendship

Author: Eleanor R. Menzin, MD

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine

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Excerpt

I was the third female physician to become a partner in our practice; at the time, there were six male partners. Occasionally, the men would take a day off to go skiing together, leaving the office staffed by the female physicians and nurse practitioners. These trips were infrequent, and they did once invite woman #2, who could outski them with her eyes closed. I did not feel especially excluded from the winter adventure, but I vividly recall, as I listened to them recount conversations over lunch or on the ski lift, realizing I had missed getting to know my colleagues outside of work. …
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Title
The Fabric of Friendship
Author
Eleanor R. Menzin, MD
Publication date
30-04-2024
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-024-08779-7
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