But I owe a correction. Student asked Q raising hard issue: does medicine have a place for people not great at communicating/reading others?
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I think the answer is yes. But I did a major disservice saying that specialties that don’t see patients routinely don’t require such skills.
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Such specialists rightly respond that team driven nature of medicine makes superb communication skills w colleagues & patients alike vital.
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Emotional intelligence universally essential in medicine. Yet I suspect people with variation in even that can have value on our teams.
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It brings the issue to light, in a very significant way. I want to be professional, so I'm hesitant to say much of my thoughts. Can you help
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This is so relevant in the setting of the St Louis verdict. Many people are discussing the role of opioids in this case.
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Dr. Gawande, you said something so deep about how the epidemic has now progressed to involving heroin and carfentanyl in the interview 1/2
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I loved it, too.
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