Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Dr Horowitz | Getting to the Root Cause of Illness

1 Nov 2024 · 0 min

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A short excerpt from a YouTube interview between Aaron Hartman, MD and Dr. Horowitz emphasizing the importance of compassion and investigating root causes in medicine. The speakers argue that clinicians must take a deep dive beyond surface-level care to identify and treat underlying causes so patients can truly heal.

If you really want to take care of these people, you have to take a deep dive. And if you don't, you're just going to always be on the surface. You're never going to get into people's root causes and really help people's bodies to heal.
No, absolutely. You're absolutely right. And that's ultimately what it comes down to. No matter what we tell ourselves we're going to do when we start medicine, patients change your mind. And ultimately it's compassion. Right. You have to put yourself in the patient's shoes and say, they're sick. What would I want done if I was in their position? And what ultimately you're forced to do is exactly that. You must get to the root causes of illness.