Monthly Archives: March 2011

Forget the ER. Try the DMV. →

I work very part time. But I provide 24/7 access. Seem impossible?

Here’s how I do it.

Where would you like to receive care? Share your wildest ideas.

I just might take you up on it.

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Tags: ideal medical care, pamela wible, Pet Goats and Pap Smears

Mothers of Medicine →

In honor of International Women’s Day I celebrate the perseverance of one female physician.

“In 1965 my mother, Judith Wible, received her medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Of 160 graduates, eight were female.

The dean and fellow classmates reminded the “girls” in the class that they were “taking a man’s seat” and they’d never use their degrees.

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Why am I a Doctor? →

I often wonder: Why am I a doctor?

Maybe I want to live in the real world, a world without pretense, a world where people can’t hide behind money or status. Illness exposes our authenticity.

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What’s Ideal Care? →

Is ideal medical care defined by experts, politicians, or physicians? None of the above.

I was trained in family & community medicine to care not only for the physical health of an individual but the social, emotional, spiritual, and cultural well-being of the patient, family ~ and community.

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Politics, Health Care, and Humanity →

Welcome to the Ideal Medical Care Blog ~ where politics, health care, and humanity intersect ~ your home for intelligent, provocative commentary on the movement to achieve ideal care for all. Inspired? I welcome your comments.

Pamela Wible MD

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