When my patient made an anti-Semitic slur I stayed silent – until now
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On my early morning walk, I found myself mulling over an incident that occurred many years ago and that obviously still disturbs me.
A patient who was having a succession of serious medical problems shrugged his shoulders and laughingly said, “I feel like I’ve been touched by a Jew.”