Healthcare Musings For June 5, 2020
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...
America’s Pre Existing Condition
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...
Healthcare Musings For 17 January 2020
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...
The Challenge Is Still To Deliver on “These Truths”
I was quite gratified that in his recent sixteen hour panorama of Country Music, Ken Burns spent a disproportionate amount of time in episode six on Kris Kristofferson. Kristofferson has always been a favorite of mine. He was an exceptional athlete at Pomona...
Healthcare Musings For 16 August 2019
16 August 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Race and Healthcare The New York Times Magazine has launched a program this month that it is calling “The 1619 Project.” This year is the 400th anniversary of slavery in America. The piece that you will find if you follow...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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