Pippa Abston, MD: Happy Birthday, Dear Medicare!

Happy Birthday, Medicare!  I should send you one of those gag cards that teases you about getting older—but at 46, you’re a year younger than I am, so I won’t go there.  On your special day, a little reminiscing about your life… You sure did have a hard time in the...

A Consumer By Any Other Name….

by Pippa Abston MD, PhD, FAAP Recently, Paul Krugman took on the use of the word “consumer” as applied to patients, in his blog post “Patients are not consumers” http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/22/opinion/22krugman.html?_r=1.  You should read it, and then come back...