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Busman's holiday

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

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I lay in the neurosurgical ward recovering from insertion of my ventriculo-peritoneal shunt and listening to the incessant talk of my neighbour. He had decided that as we shared a battle-front we were the best of friends. Much disclosure on his side called for me to reveal my way of life – as a doctor – to which he retorted “Oh, so it's a busman's holiday”!

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 19 , Issue 9 , September 1995 , pp. 571 - 572
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