Over the past few years, I have realized that I have come to resent the word "just." Certainly not in the civil sense of the word: social justice is the driving force behind virtually all the work I do these days. I am talking about using "just" as a qualifier. As in, "Oh, I'm just the medical student," or, "He's just a nurse." We use it blatantly as an offense ...
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There are an awful lot of reasons that led up to my eventual resignation from a career in primary care medicine. I don't know that any one of them is more important than the other (it really just depends on which day you ask me). One that stands out for me though as a universal problem shared by millions is Managed Health Care, and the imposition it has posed on ...
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