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The healthcare industry must learn to cope with demographic decline and other rapid changes
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Alternative approaches are key following the SCOTUS ruling on race-based admissions
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What's the best way to start making changes, large and small, to our healthcare system?
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Clinicians and consumers are deprived of the full picture needed for informed decision-making
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Vertical integration and a lack of transparency are at the heart of the problem
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Funding health communication research can empower the public to make informed decisions
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Joel Zivot, MD, MA, JM, offers thought-provoking insights at the intersection of medicine, law, and bioethics.
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