admin | Randale C. Sechrest, MD

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adminDr. Sechrest is the Medical Director of the Montana Spine and Pain Center. He is board certified in Orthopaedic Surgery and has practiced in Montana since 1987. Dr. Sechrest has clinical and research interests in the management of chronic, musculoskeletal pain states and the incorporation on integrative health care modalities in the treatment of chronic pain states. He is a faculty affiliate with the University of Montana School of Pharmacy, a member of the advisory boards of the Montana Neurosciences Institute Foundation, the Institute of Medicine and Humanities, the Montana Area Health Education Centers and the Missoula WWAMI Medical Student Education Track. Dr. Sechrest received his MD degree from Duke University in 1980 and completed an orthopaedic residency at the University of Virginia in 1987. He served as a general medical officer with the Indian Health Service from 1981-1983 in Browning, Montana. Dr. Sechrest is the CEO of Medical Multimedia Group, LLC, a media company organized in 1992 that specializes in the development of communication tools for improving patient education and patient-provider communications using computer-based technologies.

Chris Hedges

Posted by admin on January 14, 2012

This interview is a comprehensive if long introduction to the thinking and writing of Chris Hedges.

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The “Health Wealth” Gradient

Posted by admin on August 6, 2011

I would encourage anyone interested in understanding the relationship between inequality and health to download this recording. Your notions about health and healthcare may be forever changed.

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Greed – the elephant in the room.

Posted by admin on July 29, 2011

Bravo to James Rickert for confronting the unwillingness of the medical profession to recognize the hypocrisy.

“It’s time for America’s physicians, particularly its highly paid procedural specialists, to make a choice. Are we primarily businessmen with a keen eye on the financial bottom line, or are we above all professionals, well versed in the healing arts and dedicated to our patients’ care, regardless of their circumstances?”

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