Coming From Left Field (Audio)
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Today, we welcomed Dr. Mark Vonnegut to discuss his book, "The Heart of Caring: Reflections from a life lived in medicine." Dr. Vonnegut, son of writer Kurt Vonnegut, has practiced pediatrics for the last forty years. We discuss the crisis in the health care system and how for-profit influences are harming the mission of helping patients.
Books:
The Heart of Caring: Reflections from a life lived in medicine (2022)
Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So: A Memoir (2011)
The Eden Express: A Memoir of Insanity (1975)
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