If America is experiencing a Medical Care Crisis where patient well-being has become subordinate to the corporate well-being of its functional components (hospitals, doctors, payors and universities/industry), what will it take to remedy the situation?We have...
What do I mean by moral duty?Moral duty is the obligation to act based on ethical principles when we see other people’s well-being in danger.That would, of course, include ourpatient’s well-being.Assuming we accept this — whose obligation is it to act? Is it the...
In the Medical Care Crisis, we have observed that America has the most resourced medical care environment with the best doctors, hospitals, and universities/innovators in the world; yet paradoxically we have the highest patient dissatisfaction. Through our research,...
Autonomyis an interesting word.Most commonly,autonomyis defined as the condition of self-governance or self-regulation.Autonomyespecially rings true for Americans. It is like liberty — the state of being free from societal restrictions on our way of life....
