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Atul Gawande

“Being Mortal”: Lessons for Doctors & Patients — and Realtors & Clients

Moving Beyond “The Doctor Realtor-Knows-Best Model” Unlike doctors, Realtors don’t deal in life-and-death consequences (thankfully). But, their relationship to clients — and arguably, every professional’s relationship to their less knowledgable customer — parallels the three types of doctor-patient relationships outlined in Dr. Atul Gawande’s wise and sensitive book, “Being Mortal.” “Red Pills and Blue Pills” According to...
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Noted Surgeon (& Author) Atul Gawande to Head “Manhattan Project” . . . for Health Care

Is There a Private Sector Solution to U.S. Health Care Mess? [Editor’s Note:  The views expressed here are solely those of Ross Kaplan, and do not represent Edina Realty, Berkshire Hathaway (“Berkshire”), or any other entity referenced. Edina Realty is a subsidiary of Berkshire.] No, I don’t know how to reform the United States’ tangled,...
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