[lbo-talk] Patients Are Not Consumers

fernando cassia fcassia at gmail.com
Fri Apr 22 23:27:06 PDT 2011


"How did it become normal, or for that matter even acceptable, to refer to medical patients as “consumers”? The relationship between patient and doctor used to be considered something special, almost sacred. Now politicians and supposed reformers talk about the act of receiving care as if it were no different from a commercial transaction, like buying a car — and their only complaint is that it isn’t commercial enough.

What has gone wrong with us"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/22/opinion/22krugman.html?_r=1&src=ISMR_AP_LO_MST_FB <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/22/opinion/22krugman.html?_r=1&src=ISMR_AP_LO_MST_FB>



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