It was clear I would need to plan it out. But I knew of no models in America for a therapeutic medical community that put humanism first. A group-communal situation seemed the most promising approach. Titled ‘Positive Thinking’, the plan was about providing health care in the best interests of patient and staff alike. I drew up a grandiose plan-having no idea how grandiose at the time-that I felt ready to commit myself to. “In my last year at the Medical College of Virginia, I began working on a line of thought about my dreams to improve health care that would shape the rest of my life.
