[chenning]

Call me crazy, but I felt like this story was perhaps a little too specific.

[behringer]

Haha reminds me of a story a psychiatrist once told about how he/she would generalize people's problems that happen to all sorts of patients and yet would routinely be accused of sharing a unique and deeply embarrassing story by their patients, who don't realize it but all face the same problems.

[mercora]

if it happens to all or just almost all or even just some of the patients it would still be sharing a somewhat private story from all of them, no? Being accused of sharing this (not so) unique story tells me it was even told to somebody that knew both people. I think you should refrain from that in this profession...

[bookofjoe]

You can't please everyone!

[chenning]

I don't care so much about the story, it was the level of detail you doled out about your patient, where it was, what year, etc.

[bookofjoe]

July 1974?! That was over 45 years ago. Those medical records were discarded forever long before the year 2000. What period of time would make you comfortable?

[joshgel]

Can confirm the thrust of this story. And I trained in the last 10 years in NYC. Modern healthcare is little different.

[hammock]

Better to stay in the dark about what the average American experience is like! (?)