A large majority of patients who receive this news don’t fully comprehend it, or perhaps willfully choose to ignore it.
Often times doctors are called on to deliver bad news to patients. And when they deliver that news it doesn’t get much worse than hearing a diagnosis of an advanced-stage cancer for which there is no cure.
Continue reading… “Three out of four terminal cancer patients believe a cure is possible”
What if oil company executives were only allowed to drink fracked water?
Toxic fracking chemicals that leached into the ground making you sick? Why that’s bad press for the oil industry!
That’s why they came up with this ingenious (in an evil way) to deal with the problem: “gag” doctors from telling their patients what is making them sick. See, problem solved!
Futurist Thomas Frey: It wasn’t what I had planned on a 70 degree day last week when “springtime in the Rockies” was in full bloom. But I was on my way to the hospital, and over the next 24 hours I would learn much about a healthcare industry that is woefully unprepared for the changes that lie ahead.
Continue reading… “Rethinking the Future of Health Care”
A third of men haven’t had a check-up in over a year.
About half of men ages 18 to 50 don’t have a primary-care physician, and a third haven’t had a checkup in more than a year, a new survey shows.
Continue reading… “Half of 18 to 50 Year Old Men Don’t Go to the Doctor”
Visiting a doctor is not one of man’s priorities.
On the list of a man’s priorities, it seems that visiting the local doctor does not sit highly. More than one in five men have not visited a GP or other healthcare professional in the last 12 months, according to a survey published March 15, 2011.
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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