tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596295017731233439.post2225460575318438607..comments2023-10-07T20:41:31.747-05:00Comments on Scrub Notes:<br> A Blog For Med Students: David Newman in Hippocrate's Shadow: Paranoia in MedicineScrub Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07204127626497799409noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596295017731233439.post-48805617497048182132008-09-10T22:05:00.000-05:002008-09-10T22:05:00.000-05:00Yea, I agree. As I said in the piece, I haven't re...Yea, I agree. As I said in the piece, I haven't read the book nor do I know Dr. Newman. However, I can imagine a casual reader browsing his newspaper and coming across this piece. The intent of the piece I quoted is to grab the reader's attention and hopefully have them buy the book. The spirit though, is one of confrontation and suspicion rather than enlightenment. It's just sad that books about medicine that most likely do intend to educate the public are marketed via fear tactics. I suppose my beef is more with the writer at the paper than Dr. Newman, but perhaps that wasn't clear enough in the original post. My bad.Pragmatisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10873003972107934498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596295017731233439.post-62107420500498474652008-09-10T19:21:00.000-05:002008-09-10T19:21:00.000-05:00I haven't read this book. Yet. But I will. I st...I haven't read this book. Yet. But I will. <BR/>I studied pre-med at Columbia and volunteered in the ED under Dr. David Newman. Dr. Newman is to this day one of the best physicians I've ever observed. His listening skills are impeccable, and I have every confidence that he wrote this book to benefit the patient population and not, as you suggest, simply to make a buck. <BR/>I would argue that patients do need to be aware of some facets of the practice of medicine in order to be better patients and to ask more incisive questions. Let's not disparage those professionals in our field who hope to IMPROVE patient-physician communication with an attempt at transparency.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07022473978443723389noreply@blogger.com