A new and developing force in medicine will add a new set of dramatic changes: the force of consumerism. No longer will you, as a patient, be willing to be “patient.”
We build and use discriminatory Healthcare Systems. Unintentional by design, these systems propagate inequality in patient care and promote racial disparities.
This nation spends way too much on healthcare; $3.7 trillion annually. America may be the land of the free, but it is also becoming the home of the chronically ill.