Who would have thought that self-advocacy for one’s own healthcare would become such an essential part of caring for ourselves and loved ones? But it is. Maybe the pandemic experience accelerated the process, but the resulting impersonal characteristics of the healthcare machine have become very visible. Where caring for one’s health was something that could…
I am coming around to thinking that we no longer pay enough attention to our arguments. We go with the first loudly expressed idea and defend it without due consideration of that idea. The substance of the idea is lost in all the noise surrounding it. I know what you are going to say. “But…
With a full blown healthcare system in our lives, taking command of our health decisions would seem to be an easy job. We have health insurance and doctors of all flavors (specialties) at our disposal. We have surgery available and pharmaceuticals galore. What could possibly be missing? We are all hale and healthy because of…
The Doctor-Patient Relationship, once the foundation of the healing arts, took some real hits during our response to the recent pandemic. Granted, allopathic medicine (also known as western medicine), has been undergoing significant changes in the delivery of healthcare over the years. Many of these changes concerned the shift in priorities from interactions with trained…
From our uglier political nature on display, to the clearly evidenced mental health issues confronting so many individuals these days, it seems like there has not been much beauty in our lives. Or has there? Prospects The COVID-19 pandemic, and the accompanying political shenanigans, have left people and institutions a little worse for the wear….