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She Was Working on Her Wedding Day

2025-06-10 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:40 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Medicine and his doctor years · mode: Personal story · tags: His medical past

Ali tells of a doctor friend who asked nine months ahead for her wedding day off and still found herself on a night shift that day, and argues that giving doctors and healthcare workers back a sense of autonomy over their time off would help.

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00:00:00 — A doctor friend on a night shift on her wedding day; autonomy and time off in medicine

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Central: autonomy

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