RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Slow Medicine
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 871
OP 873
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2021.04.200477
VO 34
IS 4
A1 Hill, Elena
YR 2021
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/34/4/871.abstract
AB This is an opinion piece that examines the dichotomy of “fast medicine” (which involves high medical use and spending) and what I refer to as “slow medicine”. It discusses ethical questions around which of these two frameworks really confers better “health” to patients – using examples from a real patient scenario of mine who was considering undergoing a relatively high-risk carotid endarterectomy. It then re-affirms the importance of primary care to conferring health and the ultimate value of primary care, or “slow medicine”. I believe it is a timely discussion as we continue to advocate for more primary care resources in our health care system.