http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/02/my-take-ma-and-titanic-second-opinions.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:59:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/02/my-take-ma-and-titanic-second-opinions.html/comment-page-1#comment-83571 Anonymous Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:46:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/02/my-take-ma-and-the-titanic-second-opinions-airplane-banter-cheap-primary-care.html#comment-83571 Second opinions are gooood! Second opinions are gooood!

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/02/my-take-ma-and-titanic-second-opinions.html/comment-page-1#comment-83555 Anonymous Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:03:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/02/my-take-ma-and-the-titanic-second-opinions-airplane-banter-cheap-primary-care.html#comment-83555 I think its good practice to get a second opinion at the drop of the hat. I try to suggest it before my patients do for any case, where I feel they may be uneasy. I think its good practice to get a second opinion at the drop of the hat. I try to suggest it before my patients do for any case, where I feel they may be uneasy.

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/02/my-take-ma-and-titanic-second-opinions.html/comment-page-1#comment-83550 IVF-MD Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:45:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/02/my-take-ma-and-the-titanic-second-opinions-airplane-banter-cheap-primary-care.html#comment-83550 Picture this. While his wife is pushing out their first baby, the husband is filming everything with a video camera. If this is that one in a thousand cases that ends up with a very bad outcome, you are at a disadvantage. Anything on that tape which helps prove the doctor not culpable is in the hands of the patient's lawyer and the truth will never be seen. Anything on that tape that makes the doctor look bad will certainly survive the final editing. Nowhere is this concept more evident than in journalism where sound bites are crafted for maximal effect even if they end up grossly distorting the entire message of the speaker. Frankly, it's annoying when my medical school lectures are recorded. I have this nightmare that someday I run for political office and some comment I made during a talk will end up taken out of context and plastered over YouTube. Then I wake up and realize that I don't ever intend to run for any office and I'm at peace again. Picture this. While his wife is pushing out their first baby, the husband is filming everything with a video camera. If this is that one in a thousand cases that ends up with a very bad outcome, you are at a disadvantage. Anything on that tape which helps prove the doctor not culpable is in the hands of the patient’s lawyer and the truth will never be seen. Anything on that tape that makes the doctor look bad will certainly survive the final editing. Nowhere is this concept more evident than in journalism where sound bites are crafted for maximal effect even if they end up grossly distorting the entire message of the speaker. Frankly, it’s annoying when my medical school lectures are recorded. I have this nightmare that someday I run for political office and some comment I made during a talk will end up taken out of context and plastered over YouTube. Then I wake up and realize that I don’t ever intend to run for any office and I’m at peace again.

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