Doctors and patients are being hurt by a broken system
Established doctors are seeking ways to leave the clinical practice of medicine, and medical students are increasingly choosing not to enter primary care.
Dr. Rebekah Bernard
Physicians for Patient Protection
Social media and news sites are filled with headlines expressing discontent about the health care system, particularly a sense that doctors don’t listen and don’t care.
Reading these articles hurts my heart because, as a physician, I know doctors do care deeply. But a broken health care system has turned us into assembly-line “providers” and data-entry clerks without time to show the empathy that we feel and that our patients need.
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