70 – A Doctor’s Work
Show: Bedside Rounds
What do doctors actually do? Are they Sherlockian detectives, hunting down obscure clues to solve intractable cases? Are they virtuosic experts, training for half a lifetime to bring the latest science to bear to cure disease? Or are they clerks, whose main job is to collect and enter data into the electronic health record? In this episode, Adam is joined by medical and cultural historians Lakshmi Krishnan and Mike Neuss to discuss the stories we tell about our own work – and how this often conflicts with the realities of clinical practice.
More From Current Show
What does it mean when a computer can make better medical decisions than a human? The progress in...
Listen Now 
What happens when a patient far from surgical care – say, at the bottom of the Pacific ocean...
Listen Now 
American doctors spend the majority of their time during the day on the computer, either writing or reading...
Listen Now 
In the past episode, cultural and medical historians Lakshmi Krishnan and Mike Neuss discussed the history of the...
Listen Now 
How do doctors actually think? And if we can answer that, can we train a computer to do...
Listen Now 
Internal medicine physicians like to pride ourselves on our clinical reasoning – the ability to talk to any...
Listen Now 
Modern plastic surgery was born out of the horrors of trench warfare in World War I. In this...
Listen Now 
In the early 19th century, a strange new illness, seemingly unknown to medicine, ravaged settler communities in the...
Listen Now Related Episodes
What if the term “provider” has no Nazi roots whatsoever, and the claim that it does actually harms...
Listen Now 
Send us Fan Mail Disclaimer: Entertainment only. Eeks is not a public health historian; just a gremlin who...
Listen Now 
Dr. Elizabeth Comen has dedicated her medical career to saving the lives of women. She’s a Memorial Sloan...
Listen Now 
What is the history of midwifery? Why has this profession been villainized in the past and how is...
Listen Now 
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks chats with author Susan Salenger...
Listen Now 
What are the pros and cons of homebirth? Registered nurse Elizabeth Parsons and her husband, Noah, share their...
Listen Now 
A former Wall Street professional and graduate of Columbia Business School, Lauren boldly transitioned from a decade-long career...
Listen Now 
Is a homebirth a viable option for mothers-to-be? Is it safe? What happens if complications arise?Katelyn Fusco answers...
Listen Now 
