So I envisioned a model of holistic medical care based on the belief that one cannot separate the health of the individual from the health of the family, the community, the society and the world. The plan reflected my realization that the systems in which people live-capitalist, patriarchal, militaristic systems-effected not only their finances, choice of work, housing, education etc, but also effected their health. It was clear I would need to plan it out. But I knew of no models in America for a therapeutic medical community that put humanism first. A group-communal situation seemed the most promising approach. Titled ‘Positive Thinking’, the plan was about providing health care in the best interests of patient and staff alike. I drew up a grandiose plan-having no idea how grandiose at the time-that I felt ready to commit myself to. “In my last year at the Medical College of Virginia, I began working on a line of thought about my dreams to improve health care that would shape the rest of my life.
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