One Dozen Things
About the One Dozen Things | The Doctor-Patient Relationship | The Role of the Patient's Family | Confidentiality | The Health Care Team | America is a Litigious Society | Document, Document, Document! | Who Pays the Bills? | Gender Issues and Discrimination | Safety and Errors | Informed Consent | U.S. Graduate Medical Education | Above All, Professionalism
Confidentiality
Scenario Script
Two doctors are waiting for an elevator.
Doctor 1: Are you going to the hematology conference today?
Doctor 2: I don't know. What’s being presented?
[Elevator door opens and the two doctors enter; there are three lay people in the elevator. The dialogue continues as the doors close.]
Doctor 1: Dr. Carter is presenting a case... It’s that lady with the brain tumor, Mrs. Oswald. They are trying to figure out why the chemo is going so badly.
Doctor 2: That should be interesting. Carter never presents unsuccessful cases. He only presents the cases he’s successful at.
Doctor 1: When he has one! [Both doctors laugh derisively.]
