Christopher H. Foster, PhD, MPA
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Health policy
In a previous article, I admitted that my criticism of modern medicine had become too broad. I have received excellent care from physicians who looked up from the computer, asked questions, and made me believe they were listening. Exceptional doctors…
In a previous article, I admitted that my criticism of modern medicine had become too broad. I have received excellent care from physicians who looked up from the computer, asked questions, and made me believe they were listening. Exceptional doctors still exist. That admission does not mean the larger problems have disappeared. Caring matters, but caring alone cannot repair the American health care system.
Blaming individual doctors and nurses for the …
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Low-value care wastes billions. Clinicians can say no.
Conditions and diseases
The last time I wrote for KevinMD, I asked, "What happened to real care in health care?" I was tired of commercial after commercial promising that a new drug could fix nearly anything. I was frustrated by the steady stream…
The last time I wrote for KevinMD, I asked, “What happened to real care in health care?” I was tired of commercial after commercial promising that a new drug could fix nearly anything. I was frustrated by the steady stream of new labels and acronyms that sometimes make ordinary human struggles sound like conditions waiting for a prescription. That frustration was personal, but it was not entirely imagined. From …
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I was wrong: Doctors who listen still exist
Health policy
Every time I turn on the television, there's another commercial for a new drug treating a condition I've never even heard of. It's constant. And honestly, it's exhausting. I can't help but wonder: What happened to real care? I remember…
Every time I turn on the television, there’s another commercial for a new drug treating a condition I’ve never even heard of.
It’s constant. And honestly, it’s exhausting.
I can’t help but wonder: What happened to real care?
I remember a time, 35, maybe 40 years ago, when doctors knew your name. They looked you in the eye. They read your chart. They listened to what you had to say before deciding. They …
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What happened to real care in health care?
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