Dr. Mary Kelly Sutton practiced integrative medicine for decades and was widely known as a compassionate, highly competent doctor and healer. She never had a patient complaint against her and indeed was beloved by her patients. Her practice was informed by her deeply held belief that a doctor should treat the patient in front of him or her without outside pressure, listen to and evaluate a patient carefully, and then to do what was in the patient’s best interest.
Dr. Sutton’s ability to practice medicine came to a halt as a result her writing eight medical vaccine exemptions for California patients in 2015 and 2016, in full compliance with the law at the time. Five years later, the California Medical Board revoked her license, wrongly applying the standards of a law passed later. Dr. Sutton was then practicing in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts State Medical Board revoked her license through reciprocal discipline, even though the California case was improperly decided and she had violated no laws in the state.
Dr. Sutton discusses the erosion of physician-patient autonomy, and how medical boards have become captured by dogma that interferes with their proper role A protectors of quality care. We talk about the importance of medical freedom and individual health sovereignty, and what she is doing now that she is unable to practice medicine.
Dr. Sutton shares her philosophy on healing, hour we have natural resilience, and how to navigate our current healthcare system. (She offers a very useful course on this.) Her insights on finding meaning during tumult are profound and really moving. She is persuasive when she explains that our current challenges may be strengthening us for what’s ahead.
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Dr. Sutton’s Website - A link to her classes is on the site.
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