title: The Little Black Book of Hospital Medicine (Little Black Book)
author:  Andrew J. Dionne 
description: Director, MaineGeneral Hospitalists, MaineGeneral Medical Center, Assistant Professor of Community &amp; Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School
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  # PART 2: MALCOM’S X
  
  
  In the hallway of the hospital, Kaleb’s
  
  
  mother and brother now patiently await the doctor’s emergence from
  
  
  the operating room. On the walls of the emergency room are several
  
  
  watercolor paintings, or portraits rather, of s