Listen "Episode 134: Doctor, with Andrew Bomback"
Episode Synopsis
My guest is Andrew Bomback. His new book is Doctor (https://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Object-Lessons-Andrew-Bomback/dp/150133817X). It begins with a 3-year-old who asks her physician father about his job, and his inability to provide a succinct and accurate answer inspires a critical look at the profession of modern medicine.
In sorting through how patients, insurance companies, advertising agencies, filmmakers, and comedians misconstrue a doctor's role, Andrew Bomback, M.D., realizes that even doctors struggle to define their profession. As the author attempts to unravel how much of doctoring is role-playing, artifice, and bluffing, he examines the career of his father, a legendary pediatrician on the verge of retirement, and the health of his infant son, who is suffering from a vague assortment of gastrointestinal symptoms.
At turns serious, comedic, analytical, and confessional, Doctor (https://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Object-Lessons-Andrew-Bomback/dp/150133817X) offers an unflinching look at what it means to be a physician today. Special Guest: Andrew Bomback.
In sorting through how patients, insurance companies, advertising agencies, filmmakers, and comedians misconstrue a doctor's role, Andrew Bomback, M.D., realizes that even doctors struggle to define their profession. As the author attempts to unravel how much of doctoring is role-playing, artifice, and bluffing, he examines the career of his father, a legendary pediatrician on the verge of retirement, and the health of his infant son, who is suffering from a vague assortment of gastrointestinal symptoms.
At turns serious, comedic, analytical, and confessional, Doctor (https://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Object-Lessons-Andrew-Bomback/dp/150133817X) offers an unflinching look at what it means to be a physician today. Special Guest: Andrew Bomback.
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