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Why Do Doctors Commit Suicide
Katie Oquendo
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AP Eng. 7-8 O Hr.
September 4, 2014
Why Do Doctors Commit Suicide? As a first year residency student in the department of internal medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital, Pranay Sinha is facing the “internal pressure to excel” more than ever before. Sinha has recently graduate medical school and is now experiencing what students and interns call the “fledging” period. The students recently released on their own are now expected to act as “untroubled professionals even in their darkest and most self-doubting moments”, which according to Sinha, is a very common thing for most entering the medical field to face. The drastic increase in responsibility is the biggest concern and the most overwhelming item for most interns. The
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