Unfortunately, as I mentioned some time ago, Dr. Rick has been unable to continue with the Critical Condition project for personal reasons. Our best wishes to him and I hope we'll see him back soon.
Meanwhile, Critical Condition is still open for anyone involved in health care or the healing professions who has something to say. I have just put up a lengthy post by Dr. Alan Lewis, who wanted to respond to a statement by Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel that I quoted here some weeks ago. As I note in my introduction to his post, his approach to healing is somewhat dissident in the present environment, in which reformers are calling for restricting the autonomy of physicians through stricter standards of practice and so-called "evidence based medicine." We'll see if Dr.Mr. Lewis draws any responses.
Meanwhile, if anyone wishes to contribute to Critical Condition, just send me your submission by e-mail (see the sidebar) and if it isn't toxic, obscene, or fattening, I'll put it up for you. And no, I don't have to agree with it.
Discussion of public health and health care policy, from a public health perspective. The U.S. spends more on medical services than any other country, but we get less for it. Major reasons include lack of universal access, unequal treatment, and underinvestment in public health and social welfare. We will critically examine the economics, politics and sociology of health and illness in the U.S. and the world.
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