Doctors, Lawyers, and Lessons for All of Us

Michael P. Maslanka on what doctors can teach lawyers. An excerpt:

Makary writes about his decision to start dictating his notes from the patient interview but doing so at the end of the visit and with the patient listening. He writes that this revealed that he sometimes was wrong in what he believed the patient was telling him. He writes that there is a movement, started at Harvard, called “Open Notes,” where a patient actually can review a doctor’s notes online. He suggests taking this to the next level and allowing patients to add their comments.