As the COVID-19 pandemic rages in our various cities, it is important to remember that as of today there are no proven effective therapies. Still it is very difficult to watch people die despite your care. With about a thousand lives already lost to SARS-CoV-2 in the United States, everybody is scrambling to find therapeutics […]
Secretly Recording Doctors
Increasingly, I realize that I’m being audio-recorded when I’m interacting with my patients at their hospital bedside. I say realize, because the majority of the time I’m never asked. Sometimes it’s the patient recording. Other times it’s a family member in the room. In both scenarios I get upset. I feel violated. When it’s the […]