Louisiana State University Shreveport Medical School - Pulse Yearbook (Shreveport, LA)

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N , gk Medicine is for the patient. Medicine i is for the people. It is not for the p profits. 0 will l' i - ,X . George Merck, pharmaceutical manufacturer lnfroducflon 0 9

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A Relationship Based On Trust With o medicol student's busy schedule preoccu- pying his time with conferences, lectures, word rounds, clinics, lobs, ond lunch, it is often eosy to rush through on encounter with o potient without toking time to reolize whot is octuolly hoppening. The relotionship between o doctor ond his po- tient is bosed on much more than or history, o physicol exom, ond o few tubes of blood. lt is bosed on trust. The trust o potient hos in his doc- tor stems from toking time to know the person os well os the illness - the feelings os well os the symptoms - the feor os well os the poin. lf he knows these things, o doctor connot help but be successful. 8 Introduction

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Sacrifices Are Worth It When you decide To enier medicol school, you hove decided To moke greoi socrifices. You musi forfeil o lol of free Time Thor mony of your olher friends will hove. You musl deloy your mdk- ing o living for o number of yeors, Thereby de- pending on meons other Thon your own for finon- ciol supporr. Bur you con'T look or ii Thor woy. Look insreod oi The opporluniiies you're ollowing yourself. You're spending couniless sleepless nighls Towdrd o gool. Think oboui your copobili- 'ries once you've reoched Thoi gool, ond sud- denly your socrifices ore noi so greor. Ss. 10 lnfroducflon