In “How do we heal medicine,” Atul Gawande, shows his concerns and ideas is his thoughtful Ted Talk, describing the main idea of not all expensive medicine is good medicine, as well as the other way around: not all inexpensive medicine is bad medicine, he also incorporates the argument of many doctor’s need to come together to produce good care for the patient’s. To agree completely with Gawande’s viewpoints, however, to add how important it is to come with the qualities of wanting to make medicine cost efficient as well as come together to their fellow professional's and wanting the best for all patients at hand when stepping into the medical field. I believe medicine has lost its touch because this quality is no longer the main priority in doctors have.
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And in the year 1970, it took just over two full-time equivalents of clinicians. That is to say, it took basically the nursing time and then just a little bit of time for a doctor who more or less checked in on you once a day. By the end of the 20th century, it had become more than 15 clinicians for the same typical hospital patient -- specialists, physical therapists, the nurses.” This shows the massive gap in health care and why it takes a single patient to be seen thirty minutes after check in, there isn’t possibly enough help, however Gwande’s (2012) view is to be able to have all health services, who work in the hospitals, to come together to have efficient medicine as well as patient care. I believe that if all health services were to be involved in this process it would minimize the time spent in the waiting room as well as knowing that the doctors are doing the best they can to see
With the upcoming of modern machinery in medicine and …show more content…
And in the year 1970, it took just over two full-time equivalents of clinicians. That is to say, it took basically the nursing time and then just a little bit of time for a doctor who more or less checked in on you once a day. By the end of the 20th century, it had become more than 15 clinicians for the same typical hospital patient -- specialists, physical therapists, the nurses.” This shows the massive gap in health care and why it takes a single patient to be seen thirty minutes after check in, there isn’t possibly enough help, however Gwande’s (2012) view is to be able to have all health services, who work in the hospitals, to come together to have efficient medicine as well as patient care. I believe that if all health services were to be involved in this process it would minimize the time spent in the waiting room as well as knowing that the doctors are doing the best they can to see