Every doctor
makes mistakes. But, says physician Brian Goldman, medicine's culture of denial
(and shame) keeps doctors from ever talking about those mistakes, or using them
to learn and improve. Telling stories from his own long practice, he calls on
doctors to start talking about being wrong.
Brian
Goldman is an emergency room physician who has worked at Mount Sinai Hospital
in downtown Toronto for more than 20 years. He is also a prominent medical
journalist and the host of CBC Radio’s White Coat, Black Art. In Dr. Goldman’s
first book, The
Night Shift, published in 2010, he shares his experiences of
working through the witching hours at Mount Sinai, as well as at the other
hospitals where he has spent his long career.
