“I think we should be outraged every single time someone dies from any condition that has treatment available that someone isn’t getting. We would not allow, as a society, people with heart attacks to come to a hospital and not get appropriate treatment. This is as serious as that”
“Much of what I do is scream back at that. Many who ultimately die from their illness have had significant contacts with healthcare and social services agencies in the few months leading up to their deaths.”
Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, Directory of Addiction Medicine and the Fellowshisp in Addiction Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Pennsylvania.