tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238581.post111478671185138249..comments2023-10-07T08:52:16.715-07:00Comments on The Virtual World: The Human Face of MedicinePeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435013887780629734noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238581.post-1114917422318431272005-04-30T20:17:00.000-07:002005-04-30T20:17:00.000-07:00Anne: I've never been there, but it sounds wonderf...Anne: I've never been there, but it sounds wonderful. Duke University Medical School and Hospital had poetry on the walls in the hallways: I was amazed and pleased.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435013887780629734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238581.post-1114913360249920262005-04-30T19:09:00.000-07:002005-04-30T19:09:00.000-07:00When I was at the Mayo Clinic (spent several days ...When I was at the Mayo Clinic (spent several days there once when my dad was hospitalized there, then had surgery there myself some years later), I had the impression that they did a lot of this kind of thing there -- and indeed every doctor I ran into there (and other staff members too, from phlebotomists to billing clerks) actually managed to treat me like a human being. And they seemed to Anne Haineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17038705452206752521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238581.post-1114805086738152402005-04-29T13:04:00.000-07:002005-04-29T13:04:00.000-07:00Thanks all: It was a really fun class: a great gro...Thanks all: It was a really fun class: a great group: first and second year UW medical students; a couple of family med docs from Israel; an HIV clinic doc, Medical Ethics students; a pharmacy student; etc. Very lively discussion and sharing. I'd love to get a gig where I could do this kind of thing regularly!!Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435013887780629734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238581.post-1114796980953346742005-04-29T10:49:00.000-07:002005-04-29T10:49:00.000-07:00Yes, thank you.Unsentimental and with a headlong e...Yes, thank you.<BR/><BR/>Unsentimental and with a headlong energy I'd normally associate w/ O'Hara.The Sublibrarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17307271499817792756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238581.post-1114794896938080212005-04-29T10:14:00.000-07:002005-04-29T10:14:00.000-07:00Thank you, Peter, thank you.Thank you, Peter, thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238581.post-1114790779860941842005-04-29T09:06:00.000-07:002005-04-29T09:06:00.000-07:00Thanks for this, Peter.Thanks for this, Peter.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16623018763486643999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238581.post-1114789820409841642005-04-29T08:50:00.000-07:002005-04-29T08:50:00.000-07:00Wow, Peter, thanks for posting such a great poem a...Wow, Peter, thanks for posting such a great poem about the doctor/patient relationship (oooh, what an *easy* summary; no wonder John Ciardi argued his whole life for the fact that a poem could not be summarized), and by Carver no less, a writer I often felt did better with prose. Not in this instance. <BR/><BR/>You are doing a great service by teaching would-be doctors about bedside manner, aboutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com