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“The moral test of a government is how it treats those who are at the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the aged; and those who are in the shadow of life, the sick and the needy, and the handicapped.” – Hubert Humphrey
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Especially for an ER doc. Blaming the patient, characterizing ANY patient as __\_____ is never ever acceptable.
Ever.
Like never.
Yet
I see and hear it happening every day.
Beautiful video work by Ken McKim. Interestingly, another Texan in the mix here is Michael Dell, whose foundation is building a new medical school in Austin. The Dell Medical School’s primary focus is on effective use of information…to wit…that nobody should have to be misdiagnosed. In a day when every rare-disease expert can have a webpage about his or her speciality, it’s ludicrous that a primary care physician will miss something this serious, for failure to look it up.