The Definition Of What It Means To

No One Teaches You How To Think About Money In Medical School Or Residency. Yet, From The Moment You Start Practicing, You Must Think About It. You Must Consider What Is Covered For A Patient And What Is Not.

We Recruit For Attitude And Train For Skill.

You Know, 97 Percent Of The Time, If You Come Into A Hospital, Everything Goes Well. But Three Percent Of The Time, We Have Major Complications.

Our Reluctance To Honestly Examine The Experience Of Aging And Dying Has Increased The Harm We Inflict On People And Denied Them The Basic Comforts They Most Need.

I Think The Extreme Complexity Of Medicine Has Become More Than An Individual Clinician Can Handle. But Not More Than Teams Of Clinicians Can Handle.