Opinion: How do doctors’ personal political affiliations affect how they care for their patients?
In this excerpt from “Random Acts of Medicine,” Anupam B. Jena and Christopher M. Worsham look at politics at the bedside.
This essay is adapted from “Random Acts of Medicine: The Hidden Forces That Sway Doctors, Impact Patients, and Shape Our Health,” out now from Doubleday.
“Honey, I forgot to duck,” Ronald Reagan said to his wife as he was wheeled to the operating room of George Washington University Hospital on March 30, 1981. He had just been shot and was bleeding into his left chest. He would require emergent surgery, and a team of surgeons was headed with him to the OR.
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