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Summary.
Liza, an emergency medicine physician, had a fever and a persistent cough, but rigid shift requirements left her little flexibility. Returning from maternity leave recently, she worried that calling out sick would brand her as “less committed,” so she worked despite exhaustion, potentially exposing her patients and coworkers.
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