How do doctors act when you’re asleep in the operating room?
(Hershey) — Dry articles about the latest studies on specialized drug trials, electronic health records, and practices and procedures often fill medical journals.
But then came one recent piece in the respected Annals of Internal Medicine.
The anonymous writer details how some surgeons have behaved in operating rooms — and the results aren’t pretty.
In fact, they’re so explicit and crude we’re only making them available online (click here to read WBUR’s report about the article).
WITF’s Ben Allen talked with Doctor Peter Dillon, chair of the Department of Surgery at Penn State Hershey Medical Center, about the article and how doctors should behave.
A collection of interviews, photos, and music videos, featuring local musicians who have stopped by the WITF performance studio to share a little discussion and sound. Produced by WITF’s Joe Ulrich.
