Opinion: Doctors need to embrace the ‘power of yet’

I believe in the power of yet. Doctors should, too, especially the one who used my daughter’s “case” as grist for a short-sighted article without her permission.

The power of yet is a concept promoted by Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck as part of her research on the differences between growth and fixed mindsets. It tells us that there is always room to learn and to grow through practice, discovery, and research. There is — or at least there should be — a lot of “yet” involved in medicine, especially when it comes to diagnosing and treating tick bites.

Back in 2008, my daughter and I were apprentice bird banders. We were both bitten by ticks in the woods around Hopewell, New Jersey, despite taking precautions. I