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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

Alex 15:13 This is really complicated. It was a patient that I had taken care of, actually, as a resident, who followed me into my growing private practice. Eric 42:11 But how much of it is like Winston Churchill, like, democracy is the worst form of government. This shouldn’t have happened. We can make this better.

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For family medicine workforce, HHS reorganization plan receives a failing grade

Common Sense Family Doctor

While I'm grateful for subspecialists who alleviate pain, rescue patients who are unable to breathe on their own, manage complicated fractures, and replace worn-out hips and knees, the gap between the number of family doctors we need and the number we have keeps getting wider. This is where the federal government must step up.

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