Herb Brosbe and Ellen Brosbe

Recorded August 25, 2013 36:31 minutes
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Description

Herb Brosbe (65) tells his wife Ellen Brosbe (62) about his career in medicine as compared to the new modern medicine being practiced now.

Subject Log / Time Code

Herb talks about the importance of listening to patients in his medical practice
Herb recounts some of the worst experiences in his career, having to deliver a dead baby
Herb on advising former patients in navigating the new medical system. He tells them to be aware of how well the doctor listens to them and that a good doctor cares about you not just about treating you
Herb used humor to relax his patients and tells a story about accidentally telling a woman she had a lazy vagina and he could prescribe a cream for it when he meant the she had a vaginal dischange when he was just learning Spanish
Herb thinks back on his work /life balance and how the choices he made in activism or in work his schedule affected his children and home life
Ellen talks about the difficulty of being a doctor's wife and reflects in what she would have changed about her life given the opportunity

Participants

  • Herb Brosbe
  • Ellen Brosbe

Recording Locations

CJM

Venue / Recording Kit