Through this experience, I finally understood the supreme importance of the patient-physician relationship and the role of empathy in fostering that relationship. My interactions with this former alcoholic led to one of my most profound lessons in compassion and empathy to date.
Dr. Larry Nassar is accused of sexually abusing gymnasts like Jeanette Antolin, who says he built trust with girls by giving them candy. Dantzscher told LaPook that Nassar didnât use a glove. Nassar was a longtime doctor for women and girls at Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics, which trains Olympians. He has denied any abuse, and, in an email last fall to his Michigan State bosses, said, âI will overcome this.â
I did it. I got there, but not without a price,â she wrote. Nassar still faces possible consequences from his actions for all those years. âNassar has been accused of molesting dozens of young athletes associated with USA Gymnastics and his Michigan State University clinic,â the New York Daily News wrote today. âHe is being sued by more than 125 women claiming he sexually assaulted them under the pretense of medical treatment.â