Fam Med.
Published: 9/23/2026 | DOI: 10.22454/FamMed.2026.0382
new patient, stranger 5 minutes ago
yet my role makes this an atypical introduction: confidentiality guaranteed, judgment absent
he tells a story of addiction, recovery, and “whys”
“a chance to start back at square one was more than enough”
through patients, I glimpse lives I’ve never lived—mistakes, triumphs, regrets, resilience, and hard-earned wisdom
a crash course on human experience
Taylor Aldeghi
Affiliations: University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, FL
Taylor Aldeghi
Correspondence: University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, FL
Email: ta148850@ucf.edu
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