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March 23, 2000
“I tell them: ‘I only have 12 minutes. I can examine you or I can answer your questions. Make up your mind.’”
Albert Kligman, professor emeritus of dermatology, on patients
who come to him with hundreds of questions about medical information they
got from Web sites
(The New York Times, March 6)
Originally published on March 23, 2000
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