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The Many Soundracks of Surgery
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?
Surgery's many soundtracks by Susan Schwartz
What's on surgeons' playlists? by Susan Schwartz
Alan I. Benvenisty, MD
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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?
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.
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?
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