On Being a Doctor: Shining a Light on the Dark Side
Authors: Christine Laine, Darren B. Taichman, Michael A. LaCombe
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2015)

Editorials18 August 2015On Being a Doctor: Shining a Light on the Dark SideChristine Laine, MD, MPH, Darren B. Taichman, MD, PhD, and Michael A. LaCombe, MDChristine Laine, MD, MPH, Darren B. Taichman, MD, PhD, and Michael A. LaCombe, MDAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M15-1144 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail This issue includes an On Being a Doctor essay, titled “Our Family Secrets,” that we think, and hope, will make readers' stomachs churn (1). In this essay, the author describes teaching a medical humanities course to senior medical students and asking, “Do any of you have someone to forgive from your clinical experiences? Did anything ever happen that you need to forgive or perhaps still can't forgive?” One of the students—clearly distraught—recounts lacking the courage to object to a surgeon's highly disrespectful behavior to a patient under general anesthesia for a vaginal hysterectomy. The author then recounts how he was ...Reference1. Anonymous. Our family secrets. Ann Intern Med. 2015;163:321. doi:10.7326/M14-2168 LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Christine Laine, MD, MPH; Darren B. Taichman, MD, PhD; Michael A. LaCombe, MDDisclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M15-1144. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoOur Family SecretsAnonymousShining a Light on the Dark Side Elizabeth Allemann Shining a Light on the Dark Side Christine Laine , Darren B. Taichman , and Michael A. LaCombe Shining a Light on the Dark Side Alvaro F. Vargas Pelaez Shining a Light on the Dark Side Gaetan Sgro , Mark T. Gladwin , Alexander Teng , Akshata Moghe , and Shanta M. Zimmer Shining a Light on the Dark Side Jordan Cohen and Richard I. Levin Shining a Light on the Dark Side Shafik Dharamsi Shining a Light on the Dark Side Linda Ray Metrics Cited byUnfinished Business: J. E. R. Staddon’s The New Behaviorism, 2nd edBearing witness: United States and Canadian maternity support workers’ observations of disrespectful care in childbirthMeditation buffers medical student compassion from the deleterious effects of depressionSpeaking up about traditional and professionalism-related patient safety threats: a national survey of interns and residentsBearing the Burden of Care: Emotional Burnout Among Maternity Support WorkersProfessional Integrity and the Role of Medical Students in Professional Self-RegulationShining a Light on the Dark SideAlvaro F. Vargas Pelaez, BSShining a Light on the Dark SideShafik Dharamsi, BEd, MSc, PhDShining a Light on the Dark SideLinda Ray, MDShining a Light on the Dark SideGaetan Sgro, MD, Mark T. Gladwin, MD, Alexander Teng, MD, Akshata Moghe, MD, PhD, and Shanta M. Zimmer, MDShining a Light on the Dark SideJordan Cohen, MD and Richard I. Levin, MDShining a Light on the Dark SideElizabeth Allemann, MDDoctors Behaving Badly and the Tyranny of Peer PressureTrends from the educators for anesthesia and critical care 2014/15 18 August 2015Volume 163, Issue 4Page: 320KeywordsBehaviorDisclosureGeneral anesthesiaHemorrhageHysterectomyMedical ethics, humanities, and educationMotivationPatient advocacyStomachSurgeons ePublished: 18 August 2015 Issue Published: 18 August 2015 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2015 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...