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When Good Medical Care is All or Something

By Peter A. Ubel on October 12, 2009 in Scientocracy

One of the greatest joys of practicing medicine is for me to understand where my patients are coming from, so I can best help them through their medical journey. I was reminded of this fact recently, when talking with a patient who had just come back to my primary care clinic after visiting the liver clinic to discuss his chronic Hepatitis C infection. Read More

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Peter Ubel, M.D.

Peter Ubel, M.D., author of Critical Decisions and Free Market Madness, is a physician, behavioral scientist, and Professor of Business and Public Policy at Duke University.

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