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Moral injury in medicine is an odyssey without Ithaca

For those of us who have spent decades practicing medicine across multiple systems, the daily reality feels less like the noble healing art we trained for and more like a corporate assembly line. We watch as science-based, patient-centered care is nickel-and-dimed by administrators into mere metrics.

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For those of us who have spent decades practicing medicine across multiple systems, the daily reality feels less like the noble healing art we trained for and more like a corporate assembly line.

We watch as science-based, patient-centered care is nickel-and-dimed by administrators into mere metrics.

Read more… Moral injury in medicine is an odyssey without Ithaca originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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For those of us who have spent decades practicing medicine across multiple systems, the daily reality feels less like the noble healing art we trained for and more like a corporate assembly line. We watch as science-based, patient-centered care is nickel-and-dimed by administrators into mere metrics. Read more… Moral injury in medicine is an odyssey without Ithaca originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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