%0 Journal Article
%T In the U.S. ¡°Healthcare¡± Is Now Strictly a Business Term
%A Nick T. Sawyer
%J Archive of "Western Journal of Emergency Medicine".
%D 2018
%R 10.5811/westjem.2018.1.37540
%X In the U.S., healthcare is now strictly a business term. Healthcare organizes doctors and patients into a system where that relationship can be financially exploited and as much money extracted as often as possible by hospitals, clinics, health insurers, the pharmaceutical industry, and medical device manufacturers. If possible, the more that patients resent their doctors, the better it is for the business of healthcare. As long as that dynamic exists, patients and doctors will never align: this would be the ultimate threat to the business of healthcare
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5942015/