Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 12:09PM Interview with Robert Martensen, MD (B&I 28)
Books and Ideas #28 is an interview with Robert Martensen, MD, author of A Life Worth Living: A Doctor's Reflections on Illness in a High-Tech Era. Dr. Martensen worked for 25 years as an emergency physician, but about mid-way through his career he went to graduate school and earned a PhD in history, while continuing to work in the ER at night and on weekends. He is now the Director of the NIH Office of History.
This interview is actually the first of two parts. In this first part we talked about Dr. Martensen's career and we also reflected briefly on the history of emergency medicine in the United States. Dr. Martensen also explained the purpose fo the NIH Office of History and described its current and upcoming projects. When Dr. Martensen returns (hopefully next month) we will discuss his book A Life Worth Living: A Doctor's Reflections on Illness in a High-Tech Era.
Listen to Dr. Martensen's Interview
Episode Transcript (Download PDF)
Subscribe to Books and Ideas Podcast: 
Send feed back to Dr. Campbell at gincampbell at mac dot com or join our Discussion Forum.
Reader Comments (3)
I have seen many posts similar to this one on internet but all other have filler content and are not up-to-the mark. This post especially made me to post my comments as its credible, dunhill dunhill it’s very good!
I read your article to learn a lot and hope to see your next article, look forward to your masterpiece, you can also see our information, breitling bentley watchI hope it can give you You some convenient. replica cartier watch
Nice article, i appreciate for putting this together!"The North Face Outlet This is obviously one great post.