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International

European vs U.S. Primary Care: We Have Things Backwards

The status of primary care is dramatically different in Europe vs. the U.S.

While doing background reading, I was startled by the title of a book: “Primary care in the driver’s seat? Organisational reform in European primary care” The book was reviewed in the International Journal of Integrated Care .

Is primary care capable of taking a dominant role in running the whole health care system? This challenging question is what makes this book interesting and takes the debate one step ahead […]

Japan: On the Treadmill, Buddy

In the U.S. we’ve debated for years whether health care should be a right. Why aren’t we also having a debate about whether maintaining health is a responsibility?

Should maintaining our health also be viewed as a moral responsibility? …or take this even further — a legal responsibility?

If this sounds far fetched, consider recent legislation passed in Japan. Writing in an editorial in the International Journal of Integrated Care, Etsuji Okamoto of […]