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Quote #10
After a fight with another patient on the ward, causing mild concussion, this patient wandered out of the hospital and was lost in the woods for two whole nights and days. (20.25)
This is from Connie's medical records. Those records present a view of Connie as a scientific object of study; a case history, rather than a person. To the medical establishment, Connie never does anything of her own initiative; she didn't try to escape, she just wandered out. Science sees patients as victims and as things. To science, Connie has no future and no story, only symptoms.