KevinMD July 15, 2021
The health care crisis is a difficult one to face. Health care budgets have skyrocketed, and rates of chronic illnesses have increased much faster than before. As physician leaders, what if we each took personal responsibility for the crisis? Perhaps it all boils down to how many people trained in health care know what is necessary for living healthy lifestyles. Yet, that knowledge often doesn’t materialize in excellent health outcomes. From my experience in health for over a decade, I have noticed that there is a growing lack of personal responsibility for one’s health.
For health care success, society needs to be more responsible for its actions and stop this culture of denying and downplaying real health care problems. A...