Aaron Williamon News Today

Many clinical acts are performances—and we should think of that as a strength, not a weakness, writes Roger Kneebone I think of medicine as a performing art, although to many people the word “performing” sounds suspect, almost insulting. It smacks of inauthenticity, of putting on a mask and presenting something that is not the “real you.” This is a fundamental misunderstanding. Whenever we engage with other people, we select from multiple authentic selves. Whether it is dinner with par...