by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 21, 2020 | C.T. Vivian, Donald Trump's Reaction to Demonstrations, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Inequality, Inequality in Healthcare, John Lewis, Martin Luther King Jr, Non Violence, public Demonstrations Against Racism and Police Brutality, Racial Inequality, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health
In the week immediately following their deaths on the same day, it would be hard to write a post in the age of Black Lives Matter and our increasing awareness of the role of white privilege and economic inequality in the persistence of healthcare disparities...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 30, 2020 | "Humankind:A Hopeful History", Featured Post, Honoring Caregivers in the Fight Against COVID-19, Inequality in Healthcare, Martin Luther King Jr, Personal responses to the challenges of COVID-19, public Demonstrations Against Racism and Police Brutality, Rutgar Bregman, the difficulties of change, The World After COVID-19, Winston Churchill
It feels like we have had a lifetime’s measure of challenging events in the last four months, but it seems much too early to know how things will be different when the “new normal” really arrives. The descriptors of this moment are volatility,...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 12, 2020 | Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Black Lives Matter, Covid-19, diseases of despair, Hope, Inequality in Healthcare, Martin Luther King Jr, public Demonstrations Against Racism and Police Brutality, Racial Inequality, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, telehealth
June 12, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, Hope For Transformational Change Interesting and surprising things happen in cyberspace. I send these letters to you through a platform called WordPress. I get responses from you in two ways. Some of you just...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 5, 2020 | coronavirus, Donald Trump's Reaction to Demonstrations, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Economic inequality, Featured Post, General James Mattis, George Floyd, Inequality, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partnership, Martin Luther King Jr, Poverty and healthcare, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, the difficulties of change
June 5, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, It’s Never Been This Late Before Many times during my practice life I would try to have a conversation with a patient about some change in lifestyle or a choice that they might make to avoid some future...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 2, 2020 | chronic disease management, Covid-19, Economic inequality, Featured Post, George Floyd, Governor Charles Baker of Massachusetts, Inequality in Healthcare, Kerner Commission, Martin Luther King Jr, Personal responses to the challenges of COVID-19, pre existing conditions, Racial Inequality, Racism in America, Riots of 1967, Social Determinants of Health, The World After COVID-19
There is a certain wisdom in Yogi Berra’s observation that, “It is deja vu all over again.” When I was practicing I would frequently have that thought as I was trying to manage a patient with a chronic disease. Whether the problem was CHF, poorly controlled...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 17, 2020 | Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Featured Post, Inequality in Healthcare, Letter From A Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King Jr, Racial Inequality, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, Therapeutic benefit of nature and exercise in nature
17 January 2020 Dear Interested Readers, The Power and Importance To Healthcare Of Dr. King’s “Letter From A Birmingham Jail” Why are black people sicker, and why do they die earlier, than other racial groups? Many factors likely...