“Imagine that your neurosurgeon, during surgery, was talking on his cellphone using a headset.
Unthinkable?
Well, no. A recent article in the New York Times cites a case where a patient was left paralyzed and the neurosurgeon was sued, in part, for being distracted. He made 10 personal calls during the operation.”
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Kevin Pho, KevinMD, 15 December 2011
