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Student Editorials

Medicine and the master criminal

BMJ 2002; 324 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/sbmj.0205134 (Published 01 May 2002) Cite this as: BMJ 2002;324:0205134
  1. James Fingleton, final year medical student1
  1. 1University of Southampton

I have a confession to make—medicine has turned me into an accomplished burglar. I expected to learn many things at university, but the art of breaking into houses was not one of them. Yet the further I progress through medical school, the more developed my burglary skills become.

I started small, as most do: I learnt how to open a locker without a key and that drawing-up needles …

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