I often have to cut into the brain (2012)
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Re: I often have to cut into the brain (2012)
#2Prime candidate for nano bots
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#3Reading this I felt I’m in the operation theater watching a brain surgery live.
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#5His book Do No Harm is fantastic. Highly recommend.
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#6The author of that extract recently wrote a piece [1] for the Guardian on his experience of the reversal of the doctor-patient roles, when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. I found his writing reflective and empathetic. Worth a read.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/aug/13/brain-surgeo...
Re: I often have to cut into the brain (2012)
#7I found the author's honesty fascinating ("I had caused a major stroke").
I wonder if he was practicing in the US whether he could be as forthcoming, with lawyers hovering.
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#8I found the author's honesty fascinating ("I had caused a major stroke"). I wonder if he was practicing in the US whether he could be as forthcoming, with lawyers hovering.
The unfortunate situation is that the more transparent the medical system, the easier it is to lose faith in it - yet ultimately you get better outcomes with such transparency.
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#9Thanks for sharing.
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#10I found the author's honesty fascinating ("I had caused a major stroke"). I wonder if he was practicing in the US whether he could be as forthcoming, with lawyers hovering.
This, I think, was the most poignant passage of the article:
"She would be added to the list of my disasters – another headstone in that cemetery which the French surgeon Leriche once said all surgeons carry within themselves."