One interesting thing about psychiatry is how much role-playing goes on. If there's one field of medicine which really understands the value of having people get into a character to give them a chance to see the world through different eyes, it's psychiatry. The other day, for example, both my direct supervisor and the doctor presenting his research to a room full of a hundred physicians found themselves using the phrase "let's do some role-playing" in my presence. Of course, nothing in life is ever... read more
