Hi, I'm Henry Baer.

And I'm Tyler Johnson.

And you're listening to The Doctors Art, a podcast that explores meaning in medicine.

Throughout our medical training and career, we have pondered, what makes medicine meaningful?

Can a stronger understanding of this meaning create better doctors?

How can we build healthcare institutions that nurture the doctor-patient

connection? What can we learn about the human condition from accompanying our patients in times of

suffering? In seeking answers to these questions, we meet with deep thinkers working across health care,

from doctors and nurses to patients and health care executives, those who have collected a career's worth

of hard-earned wisdom. Probing the moral heart that beats at the core of medicine, we will hear

stories that are by turns heartbreaking, amusing, inspiring, challenging, and enlightening.

We welcome anyone curious about why doctors do what they do.

Join us as we think out loud about what illness and

healing can teach us about some of life's biggest questions.

The relationship between physicians and the larger healthcare system is incredibly complex,

raising difficult questions about patient care, advocacy, and the role of doctors

in shaping public policy. In this episode, we explore these critical issues and the realities

faced by health care providers today. Our guest is Dr. Bruce Scott, an otolaryngologist

and current president of the American Medical Association.

Motivated by a serious childhood injury and the life-changing care he received, Dr. Scott subsequently

pursued a career dedicated to surgery and healthcare advocacy. In this conversation, he shares

his experiences as a surgeon dealing with intricate procedures and

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