Where is Marcus Welby, MD?
Well, the ten-day Well-Being Forum for health care practitioners and integrative doctors I hosted in my husband’s downtown New York studio ended with a bang last week. But this amazing conversation about how to restore the caring to health care goes on and on, and that means so much to me. Please keep checking in with me as we report on the conference and sift through the pearls of wisdom that emerged from it. I want to thank so many of you for writing. Each word is precious. I’m so moved by your sharing, your comments, and all your wisdom on this important topic. In particular I was touched by the response from the primary care physician, who is struggling to give people the care they so desperately need, and was feeling defeated by the lack of respect that doctors and nurses on the front lines receive. When I read your words, I felt so sad. I want to say: Take heart! Don’t give up. We need you. We need you as much if not more than the highly paid specialists. Yes, we need the special
