Advocay

I have talked a lot about individual patients and the importance of being patient centered. But I am also beginning to learn while it might be less glamorous, less rewarding in any immediate sense, we must be advocates for our patients.

We must be advocates for better housing, better shelters, better mental health and substance abuse services.

We must have the ear of politicians, community action boards, and hospital administrators

We must bridge the gap between public health and community, frontline medicine; Too often there seems a great void.