Over my career ive got answers like the parking here is good or we can do better than that. This is one fits almost of the u. S. Economy and competition just seems to be at the wrong level and patients are frustrated. Another reason i wrote the book is that doctors are getting crushed right now. They have got declining medicare payments. They have got increasing overhead, hospitals have more expenses. Malpractice rates are going up. The burnout rate is 46 and doctors are getting crushed right now and i just felt like we needed a voice out there and its okay to talk to the general public. Host so you make the point that medical mistakes for the third leading cause of death in the United States. That is a shocking figure. Can you talk a little bit about that . Guest it was shocking even for me as someone interested in the skill and quality to put it in that way. Medical mistakes. We kill as many people from medical mistakes as we do from Car Accidents and other three, four and five cause
Time when remembers are getting, you know, or when congress is getting trashed and bashed and all that kind of stuff, that, its heartening, i guess, to in some ways write a book that makes you appreciate all the holistic picture of members of congress in their directs. If somebody wanted to find out about what would they have to do to do that and just as in amount of reflectors out there you can find out a lot to get a good picture and a reasonable picture of what theyre doing. Where we invite guest hosts to interview authors. This week dr. Marty makary examines the danger of a hospital stay in his book unaccountable. The Johns Hopkins surgeon provides an inside look at hospital errors over treatment and a closed door concert that protect medical practitioners he discusses his findings and experience with president of washington, d. C. s hospital Richard Davis im judd davis here to say what hospitals wont tell you and how transparency can revolutionize so welcome your an expert in the
It helps to amplify the writers sense of being a part of the larger story which is very important. It is a whole sense of the literary tradition. So there is this rich ground that is here already and then the Writers Institute comes in and becomes a begin debate could begin beacon and resources nothing else and the rest of that sounds too high but it becomes something that feeds the whole system. It gives fuel, fuel to the fire of peoples imaginations and its very rewarding to see that, to encounter that and to see people in the writing workshops to catch fire with their own creativity because the have been given stuff to work with. Theyve been challenged by excellence. Tell us about the reasons you decided to write the book and your findings. Two main drivers that led me to write the book. Number one, patients tell me when they come to the hospital they feel like theyre walking in blind theres this giant system they dont know how to evaluate. And when i ask my patients, why did you ch
League baseball felt its time to exert pressure on both sides, something eliciting a rare commitment to oakland. At least in the short term, for managing partner lou wolf. Theyre looking at options. Reporter Coliseum Authority commissioner confirms Major League Baseball has suggested the as might play at at and t park. If a lease deal doesnt get done, soon. Dobins says its unlikely an as move would happen. Were confident were going to get the lease done so were never going have to use that possibility going across the bay to San Francisco. Despite the pledge to permanently move the team, as owner lou wolf expressed optimism. A shortterm lease deal would be sdun soon the as release this statement, we intend to extend our lease and look forward to another great season. Diehard fans have split opinions on whether staying green and gold would be okay. I would be actually okay with it. Just because i love at and t park. I love how beautiful it is in there. Ive been at the coliseum since im
Its not a costume. Thats the uniform. And he is carrying the weight of the guy he killed excuse me. We had a procession about it under out to the graveyard and we buried him. My sensei doing all that was with trauma, you. The bad staff. And in order to heal from that time you have to dig it up and commemorate it and put it back in the earth. We have literally done that. For the sake they were carrying the war. Wayne karlin teaches language and literature at the college of southern maryland. Hes a southern novelists. This is a nonfiction book. Wandering souls journeys with the dead and the living in viet nam. Professor trained to karlin, thank you for joining us. Coming up, booktv presents after words orientate gases to interview others. This week, dr. Marty makary examines dangers of a hospital stay in his book, unaccountable. The john hopkins surgeon provides an inside look at hospital errors, overtreatment in the closeddoor culture that protects medical practitioners. Discuss the fin