We in EM need to prevail on our leaders and on society in general to improve our country’s health. If we cannot successfully address the bad choices and bad habits that lead to many of our patient’s illnesses, there will be more sick patients than we can shake a stick at. While this is what I trained for, I don’t believe this is good for our country. Whatever the solution, we will have to act more like a community and less like free individuals who have no connection to one another.
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ACEP Now: Vol 35 – No 04 – April 2016
Dr. Vasquez is an emergency physician who has been practicing for 10 years and currently serves as a medical director at a hospital in Arizona. In 2010, he served as president of the Arizona College of Emergency Physicians.
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