RT Journal A1 Gordon SC T1 ASk me if i cleaned my hands JF JAMA JO JAMA YR 2012 FD April 18 VO 307 IS 15 SP 1591 OP 1592 DO 10.1001/jama.2012.474 UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.474 AB Both my friend and the intern noted the problem. Neither said a word. My friend told me she was stunned that she did not intervene. Unlike the intern, who could be easily intimidated by the veteran physician's status, she had nothing to lose, she said, by reminding the physician of his Hippocratic oath. He had no power over her. Why, she wondered, had she not spoken up?