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Story No. 448: Dr. Ivonne from New York
While professionalism and appropriateness are very much a part of medicine, so is laughter. Just today, I met a patient who I’ll call Meera. Meera […]
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Story No. 447: C.B. from Wisconsin
The summer after I studied abroad, I found myself running low on birth control pill packs. Because I was halfway across the country from my […]
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Story No. 446: Dr. Diana from California
A patient I saw in clinic (I’ll call her Sally) came in seeking an abortion after being bounced around between three other clinics due to […]
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Story No. 445: Morgan from New York
I started dating my fiancé two years ago. A couple of months in, we had a condom break. We immediately went to the pharmacy for […]
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Story No. 444: Dr. Wing Kay from California
I once had a patient who was a mother of two children, ages three and one. Shortly after her baby turned one, she found herself […]
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Story No. 443: Rebecca from Washington, D.C.
My partner was in treatment for Stage III cancer when I became pregnant. I did not want a child and was in no position to […]
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Story No. 442: Dr. Ryan from Louisiana
I recently met with a patient who shared her story with me. Leslie (name changed) was referred to the Adolescent Medicine Nurse Practitioner by one […]
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Story No. 441: Caitlin from Virginia
This is my action story. When I found out I was pregnant last summer, I was completely shocked: I never even knew I could even […]