Professor: Karah Newton
URPN 370.500
November 18, 2016
Inform the Patients
Dr. Leana Wen was considered as a traitor because she spoke against the hidden fear that the doctors feel. She started the speech by saying it was her dream to become a doctor. She grew up in china and when she was 8 years old, she and her parents moved to U.S.A. She got into a medical school here. One day her mother was feeling out of breath because she had stage 4 breast cancer. Her mother had a doubt in her doctor who as a highly paid speaker of a drug company. Dr. Leana Wen said that when trust is gone, all there is left is fear. She found that the patient are not the only one who feels fear but also the doctors. She wants the doctors to be more informative