Question

1)What point is Goldman trying to make with his baseball analogy at the beginning of his talk?

2)Goldman tells the story of Mrs. Drucker whom he treated for congestive heart failure. He says that he made several mistakes. What mistakes did Goldman make?

3)After Mrs. Drucker died, what did Goldman experience emotionally? Do you think many people experience the emotions that he went through?

4)As you continued to listen to Goldman’s talk, were you surprised to hear about how similar situations (to Mrs. Drucker’s) continued to happen again and again throughout his career? Does knowing this change your opinion of him as a doctor?

5)Goldman proclaims that there are two types of doctors in this system that promote a denial of mistakes. Explain what he means by this and the issue with it.