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The House of God

BMJ 2002; 325 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/sbmj.0212481 (Published 01 December 2002) Cite this as: BMJ 2002;325:0212481
  1. Justin Denholm, final year medical student1
  1. 1University of Newcastle, Australia

The House of God has been hanging over my head from the beginning. When I was accepted into medicine, I was given a copy by a helpful fourth year student who told me that I had to read it to understand ‘what medicine is really like.’ So I read it before ever sitting in a lecture, trailing after a ward round, or touching a patient.

The House of God stunned me; I was shocked and angry. I thought of my grandmother dying in hospital while callous doctors laughed about her. If this was medicine I wasnt sure …

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