Dr. T discusses doctors' superstitions (yes, they have them, too):

... There's so much stress and chaos in the hospital, and lack of control in medicine, that sometimes little rituals and superstitions can be very comforting. I know one surgeon who never books his cases in a particular O.R. that he considers the Room of Doom. Some folks arrange their instruments a particular way without fail. I knew another doc who had a lucky brassiere that she would make sure she wore on her calls so they would be qui - er, not too busy. That's another thing - never admit that a call is quiet, or say the word quiet at all, ever! Then the cases will start pouring in and the beeper will be beeping non-stop! ...