“Who or What is the “Authority” for Health Today?” may not be a question that you have ever considered but it seems timely with healthcare changes in Kansas, and across the country, calling for more personal involvement in one’s own health. My colleague, Debra Chew, addresses the question, and why it is an important one, in her July 14, 2014 article in The Chattanoogan. Enjoy this excerpt and click the link below it to read the entire article.
“Oh, my aching body” was the prevailing theme at the table of a recent event I attended. The chatter included details of operations, diseases, and drugs; and almost everyone professed to have a bionic body due to knee or hip replacement surgeries. Along with discussing the ins and outs of the ailments themselves, my friends referenced various sources – physicians, medical journals, online medical information sites – as authorities they turn to for help.
This got me thinking about who or what is an authority when it comes to our health? And, what am I responsible for?
What if, instead of all these authoritative health resources, there was just one consistent and proven place my friends could turn to? Would that be helpful to them? After all I heard that day, I have to say: “yes!”
…So, when I found myself feeling unsure about what to do about my health and unclear about conflicting recommendations, I decided I needed to do something differently.