tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post4351383616958367021..comments2024-03-26T00:25:34.026-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: This Doctor Really ThinksPaul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-3070126144735267782007-04-02T10:49:00.000-04:002007-04-02T10:49:00.000-04:00Sun, April 1, 2007, NY Times Book Review, likes Dr...Sun, April 1, 2007, <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/01/books/review/Crichton.t.html?ref=books" REL="nofollow">NY Times Book Review,</A> likes Dr. Groopman's book. Writes reviewer Michael Crichton: "It is this direct and honest voice that drives the narratives of this remarkable book. Here is Groopman at the peak of his form, as a physician and as a writer. Readers will relish the result." Doesn't get much better than that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-48071263231274588732007-03-21T21:36:00.000-04:002007-03-21T21:36:00.000-04:00A message for Dr. G:I want your PR agent! What a g...A message for Dr. G:<BR/><BR/>I want your PR agent! What a great campaign. We writers of the world salute you.<BR/><BR/>And what you're doing is fantastic. Like "me" above, I first heard you on Terri Gross. When she asked what you said to the woman with the "tear in the aorta" after you realized your mistake, I screamed at the radio, "She died!" as you said, "She died." Thank you for telling this story--and all the others.<BR/><BR/>There are so many of us who've been dx'd and dismissed in the blink of an eye. It took eighteen years for me to learn that debilitating fatigue and perpetual numbness were signs of MS, not "stress"--and, in my case, it was discovered by accident (brain MRI showed "plaque consistent with MS"). But to the credit of my beloved neurologist, from that hospital on the other side of Boston, once properly identified, there have been no missteps since and he's provided excellent, truly superior, care, including house calls. He listens and you, Dr. G, are teaching us the secret code for getting other docs to listen. Very laudable. May you have 100,000 thank-yous in the form of book sales.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-4071984380101356052007-03-21T06:06:00.000-04:002007-03-21T06:06:00.000-04:00It was, indeed, an interesting interview -- exactl...It was, indeed, an interesting interview -- exactly along the lines you state!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-55562942210636788992007-03-20T21:28:00.000-04:002007-03-20T21:28:00.000-04:00I just watched Dr. Groopman on The Colbert Report....I just watched Dr. Groopman on The Colbert Report. It was, in a word, bizarre. The good doctor wanted to discuss his book and Colbert just wanted to be Colbert. I hope it helps his books sales!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-7401829024965885882007-03-19T13:26:00.000-04:002007-03-19T13:26:00.000-04:00Dr. Groopman also had a good piece in today's Bost...Dr. Groopman also had a good piece in today's Boston Globe. Here's the link: http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/diseases/articles/2007/03/19/the_mistakes_doctors_make/?p1=MEWell_Pos3<BR/><BR/>Also, there was a good interview on NPR recently in which he was a participant (perhaps related to his recent book release - I just happened to tune into the station while driving, and caught just a sketch, so I don't remember when or what, just that it caught my attention). <BR/><BR/>Thanks to both you and Dr. Groopman for making these interesting debates and views into the medical world so accessible to all of us members of the general public!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-3886094921001263072007-03-19T05:48:00.000-04:002007-03-19T05:48:00.000-04:00Sorry, I didn't want to clutter the posting itself...Sorry, I didn't want to clutter the posting itself with that, but it is in the first link I embedded in the story. At your suggestion, I'll add it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-61693490930091863702007-03-18T23:03:00.000-04:002007-03-18T23:03:00.000-04:00I don't mean to be overly critical, but I think th...I don't mean to be overly critical, but I think that you should point out that Dr. Groopman is Chief of Experimental Medicine at BIDMC. It's certainly not a negative.<BR/><BR/>I look forward to reading this book looking for insights in not just how doctors think about medical diagnoses, but also how they might think about nurses, administrators, malpractice, EMRs and a whole host of other issues. I don't know that he addresses these issues directly, but maybe I can glean some idea of the processes that can be generalized.Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08947512500100910895noreply@blogger.com