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The New York Times: “Sometimes Patients Simply Need Other Patients”

July 9, 2018 By Susannah Fox 1 Comment

Screen Shot of the NYT Upshot column on July 9 2018

Aaron E. Carroll and Austin Frankt co-wrote an excellent article about peer-to-peer health care in The New York Times today. An excerpt: In an ideal world, when we are faced with a new health problem, a clinician is available to sit down and address all our questions and anxieties about the condition and its treatment. […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: breast cancer, diabetes, life-threatening illness, New York Times, Peer To Peer, peer-to-peer healthcare

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