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Scott Jones speaks with great compassion of the poor people coming to the emergency room where he moonlights.
He told of a woman in her nineties who only came to please her granddaughter. Emergency room personnel were fascinated hearing about the folk-medicine she used through the years. Scott grew up in Vinita Terrace.
He finished high school in three years and then went to Drury College in Springfield, MO on an academic scholarship.
He worked on pre-med studies as well as art history.
He graduated from Washington University in 1981.
He graduated from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1985 with an internship at Normandy Osteopathic Hospitals (now known as Deaconess North and West).
During internships he lived in Central West End at the Jackson Arms.
He moved to McPherson in Skinker DeBaliviere where he got a loan from Central West End Bank and had a rehab done by Mark Gorman.
He moved from the Duplex which he still owns to his present home on Washington in Parkview.
Dr. Jones was attracted to the Skinker DeBaliviere community because of its ethnic and cultural diversity and the great neighbors. Scott is proud of his pets. Teaser, a Calico cat, won best looking cat in 1990 at the local Pet Picture Show. Winkey, a Siamese mix cat received honorable mention. Lestart; a Siberian Husky won grand prize in 1991.
He also owns Otto, a small mutt Jones currently works at Healthline, a division of St. Louis University, as occupational medicine physician.
There are six clinics throughout St. Louis with-staffing at the Chrysler Plant in Fenton and nearly 3,000 active company clients. Jones is also working on a Masters of Public Health program at St. Louis University.
His goal is to become Board Certified in Occupational and Public Health. Jones believes that the United States has a strong need for health care reform.
He sees problems of access to health care for all people.
For example, the costs of medical care are inadequately addressed by Medicaid and Medicare. America is in the company. only of South Africa when it comes to industrialized countries without national health ‘care.
There is a great need for better pre- and post-natal care.
There are many economically depressed areas which are underserved because Medicaid and Medicare alone cannot support doctors. Insurance policies often exclude preventative health care, prenatal care, and mental health care. Jones feels that adequate health care can not be provided with the current multi-tiered system consisting of private insurance and separate public health care providers.
There are two physicians groups which support national health programs, Physicians for National Health Programs, and the American College of Physicians.
There is an immediate need for single party insurance according to Jones..
There must also be greater access to medical care and an elimination of the stigma attached to “welfare” patients.
Finally, there is a great need for better education.
Dr. Jones said that education is . needed especially for issues related to sexuality. AIDS is an important concern for minorities.
He said safe sex must be accepted in all cultural communities. Unplanned pregnancy rates are higher among those who can not afford adequate pre/post natal care.
These pregnancies result in ill, malnourished women and children. Education could also be helpful in changing the diets and lifestyles of Americans which cause such ailments as heart disease and cancer. One recent triumph for health care in the U.S. was the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
This mandates access to public and private buildings and activities for the handicapped.
This act has helped a large group of people who can now become active and productive.
Original photograph caption
Dr. Scott Jones, Parkview resident, after yard work restoring his home on Washington. Photographer not credited.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, April 1992.
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