Internal Medicine: Open Access
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Abstract

The Dilemma of a Medical Doctor Parent

Jamale Joseph Rizkallah, Elie Jospeh Chalhoub

During his career, a medical doctor will inevitably face a situation where his patient is also his parent. Creating some distance will be more helpful, to him, as well as to the patient because of the deleterious effect the confusion of the roleswill have on the care plan.