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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 8/2018

01-08-2018 | Editorial

“Thinking Time”: Doctor Envies Curlers

Author: Amy N. Ship, MA, MD, FACP

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 8/2018

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Until I sat down to watch the Olympics this winter, I hadn’t heard of curling. When I surveyed the Internet, I was surprised to learn that each curling team is allocated a certain amount of official “Thinking Time”—to confer, to look at the options, to consider their strategy. And all this is in order to aim a granite rock down an icy path where the stakes are low; the worst that can happen is losing the game. …
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Title
“Thinking Time”: Doctor Envies Curlers
Author
Amy N. Ship, MA, MD, FACP
Publication date
01-08-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 8/2018
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-018-4494-7

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