In its push for profits, the U.S. health care system has made it difficult for patients to get personal attention from doctors. But what if hands-on medicine actually saves money — and lives?
The question of what the role of a primary-care physician should be, and how it should be valued, has perhaps never been more urgent. That figure, typically a general practitioner, family doctor or internist, is a patient’s first and often most personal connection to the rest of the health care system. But well-known corporations are betting that Americans would prefer to have health care 'delivered' by a trusted brand rather than a trusted physician."
Kim Tingley's thoughtful piece is a "keeper' worthy of study.
Photos from a famous 1948 Life magazine article on the life of a country doctor.
