Systemic Invisibility: How Patient Welfare Vanishes in Our Healthcare System
Eight months ago, I was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy. For those of you unfamiliar, it is a condition in which the heart’s ability to pump blood is decreased because its main pumping chamber, the left ventricle, is enlarged and weakened. When I asked the physician’s assistant if my life was at risk, she said, “Not […]
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