Many people assert that government regulation is the only way to solve issues of healthcare cost and access. Dr. Heather Bartlett, a Direct Primary Care doctor-pioneer, dismantles this concept by walking through her experience with DPC—a medical delivery model giving hope to restoring and protecting the patient-doctor relationship.
Conferences
Medical Ethics and the Holocaust: Lessons From the Past, with Dr. Raul Artal
Are medical ethics and physician loyalty intertwined? To whom does a doctor owe loyalty? An employer or insurance contract, a government or “state’s” rules, or to the patient? What happens when regulations on physicians are less benign?
Effective Communication Strategies, with Merlin Huff, MFA
What is the best way to engage in a conversation when deeply held beliefs and ideas clash? Is there a way to frame a conversation that allows for real communication—not just “winning” or “losing” an argument?
The Investment in Health: Doctors also need to be involved in healthcare policy discussions
At this healthcare policy conference, the seemingly marginal number of healthcare providers amongst the lawyers, economists and other policy makers surprised me.
2018 BRI Student Leadership Conference, Columbus, OH
This year: The Ethics of the Patient-Doctor Relationship
To whom does a doctor owe loyalty? An employer or insurance contract, government (“state”) rules, or the patient?
What happens when regulations, government policy, and other third parties insert their priorities into medical decision making?
How does the concept of “social justice” affect the patient-doctor relationship?