I’ve seen the harms caused when doctors treat their own
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I started my career as a rural proceduralist, and it was one of my mentors back then who informed me that, if you don’t treat your friends in a rural area, you don’t have any patients!
However, he did add the qualifier that, if you don’t feel okay doing a rectal exam for them, refer them on.