# Doctors make mistakes. Can we talk about that?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxToronto 2010
- Speaker: Brian Goldman
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/brian_goldman_doctors_make_mistakes_can_we_talk_about_that)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Every doctor makes mistakes. But, says physician Brian Goldman, medicine's culture of denial (and shame) keeps doctors from ever talking about those mistakes, or using them to learn and improve. Telling stories from his own long practice, he calls on doctors to start talking about being wrong.

## Lectures

1. [Doctors make mistakes. Can we talk about that?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/brian_goldman_doctors_make_mistakes_can_we_talk_about_that/eb92860b9d91), 20 min (TED's player)