More about that testimonial letter re Trump's health and Dr. Harold Bornstein

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5. I once requested a physician to provide me with a letter of recommendation, as part of his review

It had to do with his lack of board certification, and the plan I worked for required physicians to be board certified or eligible, and if they weren't we required 3 letters of recommendation from his peers, or one from his department head. Simple enough.

So this physician sent me a letter of recommendation that stated Dr. So and So had a great personality, bright smile, played a really brilliant game of golf and his patients loved him. And that he was highly recommended to continue as a contracted physician. The letter was signed by the doctor, himself.

I thought it was hilarious, but wrote him back to point out that autobiographical letters of recommendation were not listed among the options.

Doctors can be weird. They should probably never write their own letters.