Health: The Critical Piece of Reform Couldn’t agree more that prevention needs to be a vital part of health systems. If you have a suggestion for which health system has succeeded best with it, would love to see it. But the VA and Kaiser systems have done a far better job on promoting health of...
“It is not that some people have willpower and some don’t. It’s that some people are ready to change and others are not.” (James Gordon)
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No, You Can’t Get There From Here! Is Atul Gawande, MD , surgeon, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, and acclaimed author reading my blog? No. However, no sooner had I posted “You Can’t Get There From Here,” his article, “Getting There From Here,” appeared in the 01-19-09 issue of The New Yorker. His article...
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“You can’t get there from here.” This classic New England expression defines the essence of America’s health crisis. We have been misinformed and inculcated with grossly misguided concepts of heath that largely contribute to our being so sick. We have become so disconnected from our own bodies and our own health that we are lousy...
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Clinical Pearls-2Patient research… While remaining healthy is the goal, we, or someone we love, may, at some time, require medical care. Having a primary medical physician whom you can trust and communicate with, freely and openly, is invaluable. The NYTimes article, In Search of a Good Doctor, by Pauline Chen, MD, provides valuable information for...
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Clinical Pearls-1 Dr. Communication…Picking up where my prior entry (In Doctors We Trust) left off… “a healthy doctor-patient relationship… requires that patients come to the relationship educated about their doctors, their illnesses and their treatment.” Based on my experience and my readings, I have assembled a list of ‘critical questions’ that patients need to ask...
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