Out of practice : fighting for primary care medicine in America /
Barken, Frederick M. 1955-
Out of practice : fighting for primary care medicine in America / Frederick M. Barken. - Ithaca [N.Y. : ILR Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource (xi, 244 pages) - The culture and politics of health care work .
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: the doctor is out -- A first visit with the doctor -- Tell him not to drive -- Polypharmacy: the problem with pills -- Poly-doctoring: a doctor for every disease -- A bubble off -- On the road again -- The supply side -- All in the family -- Practice/malpractice -- You get what you pay for.
The author uses his own experiences as a primary care physician to describe the state of his profession and argues that the health care system will collapse without a strong physician-patient relationship and that the role of the primary care physician must change to survive.
9780801461088 9780801460609
Primary care (Medicine)--Practice--United States.
Physicians (General practice)--United States.
Physician and patient--United States.
Physician practice patterns.
Physician and patient.
Primary Health Care
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
Physician-Patient Relations
Physicians, Primary Care
Electronic Books.
R729 / .O986 2011
Out of practice : fighting for primary care medicine in America / Frederick M. Barken. - Ithaca [N.Y. : ILR Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource (xi, 244 pages) - The culture and politics of health care work .
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: the doctor is out -- A first visit with the doctor -- Tell him not to drive -- Polypharmacy: the problem with pills -- Poly-doctoring: a doctor for every disease -- A bubble off -- On the road again -- The supply side -- All in the family -- Practice/malpractice -- You get what you pay for.
The author uses his own experiences as a primary care physician to describe the state of his profession and argues that the health care system will collapse without a strong physician-patient relationship and that the role of the primary care physician must change to survive.
9780801461088 9780801460609
Primary care (Medicine)--Practice--United States.
Physicians (General practice)--United States.
Physician and patient--United States.
Physician practice patterns.
Physician and patient.
Primary Health Care
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
Physician-Patient Relations
Physicians, Primary Care
Electronic Books.
R729 / .O986 2011