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What is primary care? Part 2

Noreta Family Medicine

Other family doctors only see patients in their clinics. I don’t mind when patients come in with questions based on things they’ve read/seen online so we can sort through what info is based on good medical evidence and what is not. A primary care doctor’s goal is to help you prevent illness, not just treat you when you are sick.

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The Roots of Palliative Care: Michael Kearney, Sue Britton, and Justin Sanders

GeriPal

If you read just one, read Palliative Medicine – Just Another Specialty ? The second is an idea that Michael and Balfour Mount were really, I think, instrumental in articulating, which is this idea that healing is possible through the course of serious illness. by Kearney. I promise its short. And they did.

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