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Archive > January, 2011 Vol. XII, No. 1

Cutting Remarks

The Workman's Comp Shuffle

John Kelly, IV, MD

It's never a good sign when a patient wakes from surgery and his first words to me are, "Did you sign my forms, doc?"

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