I Think The Extreme Complexity Of Medicine

What About Regular Professionals, Who Just Want To Do What They Do As Well As They Can?

My Own Son Has A Congenital Heart Condition, Where His Life Was Saved By A Cardiac Surgeon Stepping In At 11 Days Of Life To Save His Life. But He Is Now 21 Years Old Because Of Constant Monitoring And Working With Him With A Primary Care Physician. That's The Only Reason Now That He's Getting To Live A Long And Healthy Life. That's What We're Not Rewarding. They Don't Have The Kind Of Resources And Commitment That We Are Giving To People Like Me. I Have Millions Of Dollars Of Equipment Available To Me When I Go To Work Every Day In An Operating Room.

This Was Not Guilt: Guilt Is What You Feel When You Have Done Something Wrong. What I Felt Was Shame: I Was What Was Wrong.

Are Doctors Who Make Mistakes Villains? No, Because Then We All Are.

Our Reluctance To Honestly Examine The Experience Of Aging And Dying Has Increased The Harm We Inflict On People And Denied Them The Basic Comforts They Most Need.