Pauline Chen, M.D.
A respected surgeon and author of Final Exam, Pauline Chen puts her practice to print in her popular New York Times blog examining the relationship between doctor and patient. Chen's moving lectures, much like her book, convey a larger medical message by weaving together descriptive stories of her patients. Read Full BiographyLectures & Speaking Topics
Doctor and Patient: Lost in Translation
The relationship between patient and healer has been the bedrock of healing since time immemorial. But in recent times and amidst staggering scientific advances, there’s been a growing rift in that once sturdy foundation, a widening fissure often caused by differences in how patients and the medical doctors who care for them speak to one another. How has language affected the care given and received? How did such a rift develop? And what might we all do to prevent the best intentions and greatest ideals from getting lost in translation?
