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This 2013 Consortium of Universities for Global Health essay examines the challenges, personal cost, and ethical dilemmas of working as a medical officer at a district hospital in South Africa and confronting health issues such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and childhood sexual abuse.
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This essay is a non-peer reviewed republication of an entry submitted to the 2013 Consortium of Universities for Global Health contest. This essay also appears in the forthcoming publication Reflections in Global Health: An Anthology (2nd edition), edited by T. Bui, J. Evert, V. McCarthy, I. Asokan, A. Mehta, K. Miller, C. Tsai, and S. Wen and published by the Global Health Collaborations Press.
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Clark, M. Essay: The Thrill Is Back (With Some Gray Hairs). Bioethical Inquiry 12, 89–90 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-015-9617-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-015-9617-9