Opinion | ‘Bad News Is Bad News No Matter How It Is Delivered’: What We Heard This Week
“Bad news is bad news no matter how it is delivered.” — S. Trent Rosenbloom, MD, of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, commenting on whether patients prefer to receive test results immediately, even in the case of an abnormal one. “The first step is admitting you have a problem.” — Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), chair […]
Opinion | ‘Everybody Is a Little Bit Anxious’: What We Heard This Week
“Everybody is a little bit anxious, and they are watching this.” — William Schaffner, MD, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, on a study showing mammal-to-mammal transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza on a mink farm in Spain. “We know that alcohol-based hand sanitizer kills more bugs than hand-washing removes.” — Janet Glowicz, PhD, […]
Opinion | ‘We’re So Hungry for Organs Right Now’: What We Heard This Week
“We’re so hungry for organs right now that we are pushing all the limits.” — Wes Ely, MD, MPH, of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, on transplant surgeons experimenting with a kind of partial resurrection of deceased patients in attempts to harvest more organs. “There’s no world in which sexual abusers should be doctors.” — Carmen […]