Michael W. Painter, M.D.
Navajo tradition forbids speaking about death, so physicians must find other ways to talk about terminal illness
About Michael W. Painter, M.D.
Michael Painter is both a physician and a lawyer, and a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Dr. Painter works primarily in the areas of health care quality and health care disparities--specializing in health and health care issues that specifically affect urban American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Tribal Affiliation
Cherokee Nation
Hometown
Princeton Junction, New Jersey
Occupation
Lawyer and Board-Certified Physician, Health Policy Advocate, Senior Program Officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and a Member of the Association of American Indian Physicians
Region
Southeast