The unfair blame on primary care physicians

When plastic surgeon Dr. Robert Pearl published his Los Angeles Times op-ed, “How Doctor Culture Sinks U.S. Healthcare,” a polemic essay critical of primary care physicians like me, he set off a firestorm. While he made some valid points, Dr. Pearl also blamed many of the preventative health failures in the U.S. squarely on theRead more …The unfair blame on primary care physicians originally appeared inKevinMD.com.

Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 12, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/sheetal-khedkar-rao" rel="tag" > Sheetal Khedkar Rao, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Primary Care Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs