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After Charlottesville, A Doctor Reflects On Hateful Patients And His Own Biases

While doctors and nurses have an ethical duty to treat all patients, they are not immune to feelings of dread when it comes to patients who are hateful or belligerent. A well-known <a href=&quot;http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM197804202981605&quot;>article</a> from the 1970s spoke to this. (Sally Elford/Getty Images)
While doctors and nurses have an ethical duty to treat all patients, they are not immune to feelings of dread when it comes to patients who are hateful or belligerent. A well-known article from the 1970s spoke to this. (Sally Elford/Getty Images)

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