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Iris Schrijver is a lifestyle medicine physician and author of On the Path to Health, Wellbeing, and Fulfilment.

A scientific lens on life and intuition

Iris Schrijver, MD
Physician
September 6, 2022

An excerpt from On the Path to Health, Wellbeing, and Fulfilment.

Scientific research provides us with answers, and in return gives us other questions. And, when its reach is recognized, it inevitably instills a sense of awe and wonder.

What science has given us, among other things, is …

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A scientific lens on life and intuition

Healthy patients and healthy physicians: Is it possible?

Iris Schrijver, MD
Physician
May 7, 2022

Doctors who do not practice healthy behaviors and do not exercise are less likely to counsel their patients about improving health practices. Such omissions are a missed opportunity for more effective, safer, and less expensive care, in which patients become empowered to improve their own health.

Physician well-being is also central to the successful functioning of the entire health care system because to do well, you need to be well.

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