i was reading an article about how real medical shows are on tv, and found the reader comments more interesting than the actual article. it was funny that most medical professions thought that the show "scrubs" was the most realistic! and that "grey's anatomy" is the least realistic which wasn't surprising (ppl arriving at work when the sun is out, doctors having time to take a leisurely lunch, doctors/nurses/residents having way too much sex w/each other, etc). but like most tv shows, these ppl also found some sort of real-world release when watching these shows, because they didn't watch it for the medical technicalities, they watched it for the dramatics. most doctors liked "house" because he says the things they only wish they could, but nurses wondered where the nurses were on the show.

anyway, one poster posted this website which i thought was pretty interesting...medical professionals commenting on medical (among other) shows. haha. there was also mention of 2 doctor-writers, jerome groopman and atul gawande. i was first intrigued by gawande's book, "complications", but decided maybe i don't want to read it, cuz it might just freak me out about hospitals and surgery. eek. i might consider reading "how doctors think" but maybe i don't want to know that either...