Different

doi:10.1136/bmj.b1929

Published 1 July 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b1929
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b1929

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Different

Alexis Descatha, occupational and emergency physician, occupational health unit, Raymond Poincare University Hospital, Garches, France

alexis.descatha@rpc.aphp.fr

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

When I came in the examining room, he was sat in bed. Even thoughI was confident with my white shirt and red bow-tie, I senseda strange feeling. I checked his medical file in order to understandwhy my resident had asked me to see the patient, admitted tothe hepatology unit the previous day for investigations.

I read that he had schizophrenia. The psychiatric disorder waswritten in bold characters; my odd sensation considerably increased.At this time, I was a young and untrained student, who had neverbeen so close to "madness" before. I forgot all my lessons aboutmental illness, I was frightened.

I looked at my stethoscope and felt a little bit reassured:I decided then to overcome my fear and examined him. He waspeaceful and looked "normal" with his green shirt. Then I askedquestions about his medical background. He answered my questions. . . [Full text of this article]

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