Slow Medicine

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine: JABFM

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Elena Hill¹ 

[1] From the Family Medicine Attending Physician, Bronxcare Health Systems

关键词: Delivery of Health Care;    Ethics;    Health Resources;    Primary Health Care;   

DOI  :  10.3122/jabfm.2021.04.200477

学科分类：过敏症与临床免疫学

来源: The American Board of Family Medicine

【 摘 要 】

This is an opinion piece that examines the dichotomy of “fast medicine” (which involves high medical use and spending) and what I refer to as “slow medicine”. It discusses ethical questions around which of these two frameworks really confers better “health” to patients – using examples from a real patient scenario of mine who was considering undergoing a relatively high-risk carotid endarterectomy. It then re-affirms the importance of primary care to conferring health and the ultimate value of primary care, or “slow medicine”. I believe it is a timely discussion as we continue to advocate for more primary care resources in our health care system.

【 授权许可】

CC BY