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Dottoré!

A Doctor's Privilege

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A rainy day.

On the television, people are talking and talking and talking.

I get ready to go to work.

I'll have to knock on some doors, and people will let me in with a smile.

What a privilege to be a doctor.

Worlds that are revealed to you and, occasionally, universes that open wide.

The suffering of those who talk and talk and talk is harder to comprehend than the vastness of the Milky Way.

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When A Patient Gets A Little Too Familiar

Our Naples-based Dottoré gets mildly insulted by a well-meaning patient.

A therapist and her patient — ages undisclosed.

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"Dottoré, I consider you my good friend. You're like a sister to me, an aunt, a mother, a grandmother!"

"Francé, please, stop right there. I get that you want me in your family tree, but don't call me your grandmother."

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