Unit 8Section 5 Exercise 19Medical Uncertainty & Error Physician ArroganceAlec Anders

The following is another video skit with Alec Anders. Dr. Anders plays Dr. Polanski, but is as the same time in the role of a physician from India--these mixed stereotypes of name and accent signal that the doctor is somewhat of a fraud, and it is in the context of an invented identity that the doctor reveals himself to be callous about his medical error. Understanding this, and a tolerance for broad humor, can help make this a useful exercise. The reason: many physicians behave this way, often without realizing it.