Boston Globe article on how harassment is driving medical trainees to suicide

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Ana Safavi

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In America, becoming a doctor can prove fatal

By Amitha Kalaichandran M.D.

March 15, 2019

TODAY, 30,000 medical students across the United States learned where they would be heading next year. Each student opened an email or an envelope; inside was the name of the residency program where they’d been accepted.

For many residents, the revelation was a source of joy. For others, relief that they had matched at all.

But for some, it could be the beginning of a nightmare.​
 
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