Tag: Amerian culture

“But It’s Just the Way Things Are”

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My sabattical of last winter has spun off a second one. I remain uncertain of my role as a physician in a society which values pills over personal growth and change. Last summer, unplugging my life from the ā€œAmerican dreamā€ seemed in order. Itā€™s not easy to make changes with chains and weights in place. Itā€™s not easy to think, decide and move with the financial shackles that are the bones of everyday life.