Atul Gawande Heroism Of Incremental Care Analysis
From the New Yorker article, The Heroism of Incremental Care, Atul Gawande depicted several strengths and weaknesses that General Physicians and Specialists have. Gawande also elaborated how the delivery of care between primary care physicians and specialists impact the entire health care system. But what really caught my attention was the incremental care that is being provided by primary care physicians to their patients. From what I understood, incremental care is a continuous, progressive treatment of the patient’s illness. Because having patients on maintenance medicine is no cure at all. That makes them, the people who are relying on maintenance medicine similar to disabled people, leaving them dependent on medicine. Just like in the