Dr. River: The Beauty in the Multifaceted, Wholehearted Life
In episode 27, Dr. Amanda River uses her unique perspective to challenge the medical industrial complex and describes her journey to provide better patient care and value.
Dr. River works in a critical access hospital in her hometown in rural Iowa. She also does locums emergency medicine at a community hospital in Oregon and practices emergency medicine at a public government hospital in Guam. She has previously been the owner and medical director of a private cannabis medicine clinic and is working toward creatively integrating Lifestyle Medicine into her practice.
Andrea mentions a podcast with Dr. Vinny Arora on The Emergency Mind, in which they discuss many myths and limiting beliefs about sleep deprivation in medicine. Episode 51 is available. Here’s the link on Apple or Spotify.
River mentions how much the previous episodes of this podcast with Drs. Paasch and Barrett (Dec 13 and 20, 2022) resonated with her, specifically the term “medical, industrial complex, ” which is the term they used to describe big healthcare and how it dehumanizes patients and providers.
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