Ep. 59: How to be Your Own Health Advocate

May 30, 2019

 When it comes to being your own health advocate, we must look at doing so both in our patient/practitioner relationships as well as in our own day to day practices for maintaining good health overall. For today's episode, I take a brief look at how the conventional medicine model is failing everyone involved, what to look for in a more holistic health care team, and how to implement consistent practices for staying healthy and being your own health advocate. 

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Resources cited:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterubel/2017/11/24/your-doctor-may-spend-more-time-with-a-computer-than-with-you/#26d9f1b01ca5

https://www.statista.com/statistics/250219/us-physicians-opinion-about-their-compensation/

https://khn.org/news/15-minute-doctor-visits/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2018/07/22/how-long-you-can-talk-before-your-doctor-interrupts-you/#6b98eb771443

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2016/09/10/time-to-change-the-15-minute-limit-for-doctor-visits/#2debc3d23477

https://annals.org/aim/article-abstract/2546704/allocation-physician-time-ambulatory-practice-time-motion-study-4-specialties

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11606-018-4540-5

https://chriskresser.com/two-reasons-conventional-medicine-will-never-solve-chronic-disease/

Unconventional Medicine by Chris Kresser

 

 

 

 

 

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