Sick while Solo

About this episode

This episode discusses how unmarried patients face disadvantages in receiving life-saving medical treatments in America's healthcare system.

Why are unmarried patients less likely to receive life-saving medical treatments? Peter McGraw talks to professor and author  Joan DelFattore  about how America’s healthcare system disadvantages those who are single or outside the nuclear family model. From TEDx talks to the New England Journal of Medicine, she’s sounding the alarm on a silent crisis. If you’re Solo—and especially if you live alone—you need to hear this episode. Love the show?  Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo

People in this episode

Host: Peter McGraw

Guest: Joan DelFattore

Topics covered

• healthcare
• single life
• medical treatment
• society
• relationships

Keywords

• healthcare system
• single patients
• nuclear family model
• TEDx talks
• New England Journal of Medicine

Mentioned in this episode

Places: America

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