Podcast
Physician Voice: Why and How Did You Become a Doctor?
Jan 30, 2013
Duration: 6:27
This podcast is an episode of Patient Safety Updates. You can find other episodes and subscribe using the links to the left.
Whether it was from humble beginnings or high expectations or both, six Harvard physicians share how they decided to enter the healing profession. Their individual journeys are as unique as they are, and the path was not always straight.
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