medical 'code of silence'

Exposing the medical 'code of silence'

By Libby Lewis, CNN

September 21, 2012 -- Updated 1924 GMT (0324 HKT)

Surgeon and author Marty Makary (second from right) with colleagues at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• A surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital has some ideas about what is wrong with medicine
• Marty Makary says doctors and hospitals should talk more openly about medical mistakes
• Patients should push doctors and hospitals for information to make informed decisions

(CNN) -- You would think surgeon Marty Makary might have a lot of doctors and hospitals gunning for him.

His new book, "Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care," is an eye-opening look at the culture of medicine. And it's not pretty./.../