Created and hosted by a seasoned San Francisco psychiatrist and author, Paul R. Linde, MD, in collaboration with an experienced producer and journalist, Darya Mead, the trailblazing podcast "Hippie Docs 2.0: Re-Humanizing Medicine” seeks to create a bridge between the past and present – starting with often charismatic, long-haired, tie-dyed, guru-following brand-new med school grads treating society’s most downtrodden during the Civil Rights era – all the way to the 21st Century when younger doctors (Hippie Docs 2.0) carry the banner by advocating for social justice, continuing to treat society's most vulnerable citizens.  

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The movement’s vanguard came of age in the 1960s and 1970s, creating a titanic culture clash with medicine’s historically paternalistic, conservative white-coated patricians dominant in a time when "dinosaurs roamed the earth” and “giants walked the halls" of medicine.

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While examining the good work that’s been done and is still happening, the program also explores another aspect of progressive medicine.  And that’s a return to a more mindful and heart-based medical practice, looking closely at how master clinicians make connections with their patients in our current era of the doctor-patient relationship under siege.

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A key barrier to heart-centered medicine is the electronic health record (EHR).  Combined with an overload of administrative demands made within the confines of an often hostile bureaucracy preoccupied with regulatory issues and medico-legal risk management, the EHR ironically erodes the quality of care it was designed to to improve.

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These days, health care is much more systems-driven than patient-centered.  Many doctors, myself included, are seeking a return to a more balanced, holistic, ethical, and satisfying practice style – with a renewed focus on the patient and not the system.  This will be a journey of healing for both patient and doctor, each one of us on a quest for "Re-Humanizing Medicine".

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