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WHO IS PROTECTING US FROM BAD DOCTORS?
Physician Self-Evaluations It is extraordinarily difficult for a consumer to evaluate the clinical competency of a physician. If you don’t believe me, doctors will be the first ones to tell you so! According to researchers James and Hammond, “Only another physician...
The Danger Lurking in American Hospitals
The following post is an excerpt from John Leifer's recently published book, The Myths of Modern Medicine: The Alarming Truth About American Health Care, now available on Amazon.com The Danger Lurking in America’s Hospitals Perhaps the most startling revelation about...
How to Find the Right Physician for You and Your Family
In your health-care journey, nothing exceeds the importance of finding the right physicians for you or your family — beginning with the all-important primary-care doctor. He or she will be your tour guide any time you embark on an adventure in the confusing realm of...
Why You Should Care About the Lack of Transparency in Health Care
The following is an excerpt from my new book: The Myths of Modern Medicine: The Alarming Truth About American Health Care (Rowman & Littlefield Publisher, released on 9/16/14) Talking the Talk, but Not Walking the Walk Health-care organizations bandy about the...
Is Trust in Our Physicians Misplaced?
A Shocking Mis-diagnosis A diagnosis of cancer is devastating. What’s equally devastating is going through months of difficult treatment believing that you have a deadly disease, only to find out later that your physician erred in diagnosis. Yet that’s exactly what...
What I Learned From the Death of My Parents
Every family has its rituals, and one of ours was Sunday night dinner. It was a time to share news, to talk about our hopes or dreams, to simply relish time spent together. Sunday, May 20, 2001, was no exception. I went home after dinner, counting my...
The End of Blind Faith and the Beginning of Transformational Change in Health Care
The Painful Truth: The American health care system is terminally ill. It is astonishingly expensive, remarkably variable in quality, and incapable of stemming the rising tide of chronic illness in our population. Yet, the majority of Americans believe it is the best...
CORNERING THE MARKET ON CANCER
There is a fascinating article in a recently published, special edition of Forbes detailing efforts by Novartis to become the leading force in cancer therapeutics. The article begins with a powerful and poignant story in which a breakthrough therapy brings a new lease...
A Case Study in Greed
"Health is Priceless:" A recent article in the New York Times stated that pharmaceutical companies are employing a new rationale to justify the seemingly irrationally, exorbitant prices being charged for pharmaceuticals: “Health is priceless.” While true, many people...