🌱 SICKCARE — Part V: The Regenerative Exit (What a Healing-Oriented System Would Actually Require)
Critique alone doesn’t heal systems. If SICKCARE is sustained by incentives that reward recurrence, then a healing-oriented system must be built on something fundamentally different: agency, trust, time, and outcomes that actually matter. This final reflection explores what a regenerative exit would require — not just new policies, but a new philosophy of care grounded in living systems rather than mechanical throughput.
Critique alone doesn’t heal systems. If SICKCARE is sustained by incentives that reward recurrence, then a healing-oriented system must be built on something fundamentally different: agency, trust, time, and outcomes that actually matter. This final reflection explores what a regenerative exit would require — not just new policies, but a new philosophy of care grounded in living systems rather than mechanical throughput.
🌱 The Regenerative Turn — From Mechanical Care to the Care of Living Systems
Healthcare was built on the logic of machines: diagnose the fault, repair the part, restore function. But living systems don’t heal the way machines do. They adapt, reorganize, and respond to meaning, safety, and context. This reflection explores the regenerative turn in pain care—away from fixing parts and toward supporting living systems, where healing emerges through trust, agency, and relationship.
Healthcare was built on the logic of machines: diagnose the fault, repair the part, restore function. But living systems don’t heal the way machines do. They adapt, reorganize, and respond to meaning, safety, and context. This reflection explores the regenerative turn in pain care — away from fixing parts and toward supporting living systems, where healing emerges through trust, agency, and relationship.