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Newsletter 11: Person-Centered Communication

Dear (name), Our research at Michigan State led to an evidence-based patient-centered interview. Unfortunately, many inferred that such communication practices apply only in medicine. In this newsletter, excerpted from HAS MEDICINE LOST ITS MIND?, I’ll show how you can use these basic communication skills in everyday life. Best to call them person-centered skills, as Carl

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Newsletter 8: Medical Racism

Dear (name), I have just submitted the final edits for HAS MEDICINE LOST ITS MIND? The final proofs arrive in a few weeks. We’re getting there! Already getting lots of pre-publication exposure. The book justifiably praises biomedicine for its resounding successes, culminating in doubling of life survival from 1900 to the present, from 40 years

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Newsletter 6

Dear (name), My heartfelt thanks for the feedback from so many of you. Our give and take enhances spread of the message about poor mental health care. Keep your ideas coming. Thanks also to those who have encouraged friends and colleagues to sign up on my website (robertcsmithmd.com). The Prometheus Books copy editor now has

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Newsletter 5

Dear (name), You’re all familiar with the electronic health record (EHR)—either as a patient or a clinician. I and many others vehemently opposed the electronic health record when it was introduced despite the hoopla and promise its purveyors claimed. We worried whether it would benefit patients. Our concern was that it would be used mainly

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Newsletter 4

Dear (name), I had lunch recently with an old friend and colleague—Dr. Aron Sousa. He is the Dean of MSU’s College of Human Medicine, and I learned of the tremendous progress they are making from a research perspective, complementing their always exemplary national leadership in medical education—both areas largely focused on underserved minorities. The research

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