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...It’s tempting to think of [medical care] as something that’s just doctors sitting around and thinking,” says Darshak M. Sanghavi ’92, another physician author who earlier crossed swords with Groopman in an online debate on Slate.com. “But I think we need to be a little more creative than focusing primarily on the thinking of doctors...
...physician to think effectively, I need you, as a patient, to help me,” he says. “If these shortcuts are leading me astray, and you can somehow know about that, you can get me back on track...
...book, Groopman doesn’t shy away from his own experiences, devoting a chapter to his protracted search for an explanation of his debilitating hand pain. Groopman chronicles his circuitous journey from doctor to doctor, including a year spent seeing one physician, who he claims fabricated a diagnosis...
...football must fundamentally change to ensure safety, but to ask that much now is unrealistic and unnecessary. Possible initial policies as simple as requiring follow-up examinations after injury and sending players off the field long enough for thorough treatment and recovery, in accordance with research findings and physician recommendations, make a difference. The league should seize this opportunity to reconsider and revamp its approaches to athlete safety...
...meantime, MTBI committee member and Baltimore Ravens team physician, Andrew Tucker, concedes that NFL teams do not follow a specific concussion treatment guideline. “You wait until symptoms resolve before a player returns to play. We’re the beneficiary of an elite-level athlete who seems to recover quicker...