Ask Dr. Hallberg: A doctor's accoutrements change with the times
by Dr. Jon Hallberg, Minnesota Public Radio,Tom Crann, Minnesota Public Radio
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The classic doctor's black bag became a symbol of medicine. Like many symbols of past generations, it is all but gone. Now your doctor is just as likely to carry a backpack that can fit a laptop or an iPad.
Some thoughts in the New York Times from Abraham Verghese on what doctors carry has Dr. Jon Hallberg thinking about the old doctor's bag: what it symbolizes and what tools he still needs to do his work.
Hallberg is a physician in family medicine at the University of Minnesota and medical director of the Mill City Clinic.
Dr. Jon Hallberg
• Medical CommentatorAssistant professor in family medicine at the University of Minnesota, and medical director at Mill City Clinic.
Tom Crann
• Host, All Things ConsideredTom Crann is the host of All Things Considered for MPR News.
