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Medical Refugees in America
Arch Intern Med. 2000;160:417-418.
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YESTERDAY was an upsetting day for me. I suddenly realized that our health care system was spiraling downward, out of control like a disabled aircraft, with a crash imminent. On that day, interactions with 3 patients and a group of my colleagues here at the University Medical Center, Tucson, Ariz, convinced me that we had entered a critical and frightening phase of health care—or rather lack thereof—in America. In this commentary, I would like to describe and discuss the 3 patients and their problems as well as the meeting that was held with my colleagues.
The first patient was a 90-year-old woman who was admitted to the coronary care unit for chest pain. She belonged to a Medicare health maintenance organization (HMO). Subsequent evaluation demonstrated that the patient's discomfort was the result of severe, diffuse, degenerative arthritis and not coronary artery disease. The patient was receiving an oral morphine preparation . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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