Atul Gawande, MD, who is the doctor-writer who has published frequently in the New Yorker and has published several well-regarded books, has written a great piece in the latest New Yorker. It’s called Overkill. It’s basic premise is that he went back to McAllen, TX to see how things were going 5...
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Continuing my discussion of the findings in a recently published study on the ways family physicians deliver better care at a lower cost than a multi-ologist model, today I will talk about how family physicians often believe aggressive treatment plans aren’t always the best care. This statement should be less of...
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