Interesting article in the New York Times about how medical educational and work environments are highly likely to lead to your doctor being burned out - which in turn is linked to less empathy and more errors. My take is there's too much of the "I put up with it, so you've damn well got…
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How to Avoid Dr. Death
On February 16th, The Washington Post and the Dallas Morning News had an article about a Texas neurosurgeon, Christopher Duntsch, nicknamed “Dr. Death,” who was taken to court after he performed a spinal fusion on a 74-year-old woman. Duntsch left one nerve root severed and another with a screw through it, causing the patient…
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Thought for the Day: The Deadly Doctor’s Guild
The Deadly Doctor’s Guild: As medical errors are the third leading cause of death, why isn’t there a body equivalent to say the American Heart Assocition to look into prevention?