Oath of Office

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I’m finished.

I can’t believe this has happened again. I just blew up at one of my patients. The last time, when I screamed at Calvin Summers for continuing to smoke despite a massive heart attack, my medical license was suspended for six months, and I had to go away for treatment. The board of medicine said there was no excuse for that kind of behavior from a doctor, no matter how pure my motives.

Now it’s Roberta Jennings. She just stormed out, shouting at me that she was not going to tolerate that kind of abuse, and that she was going to contact the board as soon as she got home. My office staff heard her. The patients in the waiting room heard her.

What am I going to do?

I’m alone. On the wall, beautifully matted and framed by Carolyn, is the signed Hippocratic oath-my oath of office, pledging kindness and compassion to all my patients.

What in the hell have I done?

Jennings’s tires just screeched on the pavement as she sped out of the parking lot. I can picture her at the wheel, her face all flushed and angry.

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