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Anecdotally Evident contains the stories of patients who made me a doctor. Some are nearly-exact transcriptions of actual events, with names, locations, and time frames altered to protect patient confidentiality. Others are fictional, depicting dilemmas or life-altering circumstances of the kind medical providers and patients face daily in the real world. There are also some untutored attempts at poetry and pure fiction.

Paula Lyons MD, Emory School of Medicine 1986, retired