When people ask me what I write about, I bring up our shared experience of ordinary encounters with the healthcare system. Visits to hospitals, doctor’s offices, specialty clinics, physical therapy, childbirth, treatment for chronic disease, emergency care, waiting at the pharmacy, regular wellness exams, eye exams, dental exams, as well as our visits to attend to our friends and and family who are sick or dying. What does it look like? Do you notice the art? Did you know that someone had to make deliberate decisions about what works of art to acquire and install? How were these decisions made?
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