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Doctors Should Offer ‘Social Prescribing’ to Patients
“Prescribing” community resources and activities, like art classes and cycling groups, can improve our health and our health care
Stories by Julia Hotz
Julia Hotz is a solutions-focused journalist with stories in the New York Times, Wired, Scientific American, the Boston Globe, Time and more. She is the author of The Connection Cure. You can find her on Instagram and X at @hotzthoughts, and at www.socialprescribing.co
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