> Good programmers document their code. The equivalent goes for doctors, too. The information is there; there is simply too much of it to go over with the next

> Good programmers document their code. The equivalent goes for doctors, too. The information is there; there is simply too much of it to go over with the next person in the limited time available. I understand your point about commenting code - I meticulously document all my own code. > Also if you don't have enough doctors? Maybe you should start training more of them The training itself requires a huge amount of time and exposure to a large variety of situations. There are only so many opportunities for learning, and only so many hospitals which both can provide an appropriately varied case load, have attendings willing to teach, and can afford it. I'm sorry to hear you had a bad experience. I don't shout at my patients, or leave them for 12 hours without any information. > policies leading to killing or crippling patients is something that should be prevented It's not clear to those of us actually doing the work that this is actually true, when we examine our own personal experience.