Thanks my friend. I think it may have been when we decided to focus on clinical care and (erroneously) trust the motivations of those who offered to do the management and admin for us.
I remember when the insurance companies took control. They reduced the power and autonomy of the patient’s physician and invited themselves to the decision making table,
Add that to the healthcare administrators who lost their vision regarding true, basic healthcare, and the shift we see today is the result.
Excellent piece. Just mentioning a piece I wrote a while back: "On the Sanctity of Medical Oaths." https://insidesources.com/on-the-sanctity-of-medical-oaths/ In it, I write: "The Jewish Oath of Maimonides says, 'May I never see in the patient anything but a fellow creature in pain.' Another Jewish medical oath, the Oath of Asaf, instructs the doctor, 'Do not keep in your hearts the vindictiveness of hatred with regard to a sick man.' The Oath of a Muslim Physician asks for assistance 'that we may devote our lives in serving mankind, poor and rich, literate or illiterate, Muslim or non-Muslim, black or white with patience and tolerance.' By the Vejjavatapada, a Buddhist doctor promises to 'use my skill to restore the health of all beings.' Powerfully, Japan’s Seventeen Rules of Enjuin say that doctors should 'always be kind to people' and 'rescue even such patients as you dislike or hate.'”
You write very well but I didn't like the truth you had to share. It makes the little "us" appear even smaller. I didn't check all the charts and references but just took your word for it.
As usual, an excellent discussion of the current state of affairs in the business of health care. When did we start putting business first?
Thanks my friend. I think it may have been when we decided to focus on clinical care and (erroneously) trust the motivations of those who offered to do the management and admin for us.
I remember when the insurance companies took control. They reduced the power and autonomy of the patient’s physician and invited themselves to the decision making table,
Add that to the healthcare administrators who lost their vision regarding true, basic healthcare, and the shift we see today is the result.
Excellent piece. Just mentioning a piece I wrote a while back: "On the Sanctity of Medical Oaths." https://insidesources.com/on-the-sanctity-of-medical-oaths/ In it, I write: "The Jewish Oath of Maimonides says, 'May I never see in the patient anything but a fellow creature in pain.' Another Jewish medical oath, the Oath of Asaf, instructs the doctor, 'Do not keep in your hearts the vindictiveness of hatred with regard to a sick man.' The Oath of a Muslim Physician asks for assistance 'that we may devote our lives in serving mankind, poor and rich, literate or illiterate, Muslim or non-Muslim, black or white with patience and tolerance.' By the Vejjavatapada, a Buddhist doctor promises to 'use my skill to restore the health of all beings.' Powerfully, Japan’s Seventeen Rules of Enjuin say that doctors should 'always be kind to people' and 'rescue even such patients as you dislike or hate.'”
You write very well but I didn't like the truth you had to share. It makes the little "us" appear even smaller. I didn't check all the charts and references but just took your word for it.