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To close the death gap, hospitals must get active where patients live
When I graduated from medical school 50 years ago, I never imagined improving health might mean building a basketball court. But after decades as a Chicago physician I have learned that healing requires hospitals to think — and listen — beyond their walls. My teachers weren’t professors but rather West Garfield Park re
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When I graduated from medical school 50 years ago, I never imagined improving health might mean building a basketball court. But after decades as a Chicago physician I have learned that healing requires hospitals to think — and listen — beyond their walls. My teachers weren’t professors but rather West Garfield Park re
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