Emily Silverman, MD

Healthcare workers are inherently altruistic and self-sacrificing, and business exploits these traits by pushing clinicians to the edge of exhaustion.

Telling piece of research, which shows that primary care doctors are expected to do 27 hours of work in 8 hours.

These data are from 2011, but supports the economic argument for creating a humane work environment in healthcare.

Traditionally, physicians have been allergic to unions -- but as the corporate consolidation of healthcare continues, and the profession of medicine continues to be degraded from one of healing to one of ticking checkboxes and rushing through 15 minute visits, unions offer physicians option to seize back some power and control of the medical... See more