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1 M. Paul is a first-year family medicine resident, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and a Captain in the U.S. Army. She was a fourth-year medical student, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, when this essay was written; e-mail: MadisonLBPaul@gmail.com.
1 M. Paul is a first-year family medicine resident, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and a Captain in the U.S. Army. She was a fourth-year medical student, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, when this essay was written; e-mail: MadisonLBPaul@gmail.com.