One thing the health care debate has taught us is that American medicine today is like snowflakes. No two are the same.From the no wait privileges of concierge medicine, to the ERs and clinics in our poorest urban neighborhood, the medical experience is one of great diversity. Outcomes and wellness care are miles apart. This is unlike any other Western nation.
So what’s it like for a young compassionate doctor venturing into this world, and seeing the suffering, limitations and reality of medicine today?
That’s the story that Dr. Rachael Pearson tells in No Apparent Distress: A Doctor's Coming-of-Age on the Front Lines of American Medicine
.My conversation with Rachel Pearson:
