The Many Soundracks of Surgery
Friday, October 19, 2007
Before they scrub in, many doctors in an operating room have something to consider beyond medical matters: What music will they play? Susan Schwartz, a reporter for the Montreal Gazette, and Dr. Alan I. Benvenisty, M.D., who practices general surgery and vascular surgery at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center join us to explain.
Weigh in: Do you care if your doctor plays music in the O.R.? Have you ever selected music to be played at the doctor's office?
Weigh in: Do you care if your doctor plays music in the O.R.? Have you ever selected music to be played at the doctor's office?
- Surgery's many soundtracks by Susan Schwartz
- What's on surgeons' playlists? by Susan Schwartz
- Alan I. Benvenisty, MD
Comments [3]
I'm in medical school now and they haven't even mentioned this to us!
Does anybody know if Medicare would still reimburse for, say, Supertramp or Rush?
P.S., I know the patient is usually anesthesized, so I'm thinking about the subconcious affects, as well as waking up to what could be thought of as annoying, depending on taste.
Does a patient have a say in it? Can the patient request a song, or band, being that they're paying, a lot, for the surgery?
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