Walking the Tight Rope By Ilene Brenner, MD
Illene Brenner is an ER doctor that went through her own surgery battle of recovering from surgery. As she puts it "As an Emergency Physician, I confront the failures of the health care system daily. Patients who show up are vulnerable and often need more than just medical assistance. However, until you yourself are lying on a stretcher, curled in a ball while sweating profusely, waiting…hoping…for the doctor to come and save you, it is impossible to truly understand that power imbalance."
Read on as she explains what its like froma doctors point of view to actually be the patient.