The work of the family physician
Keywords:
Delivery of Health Care, Family Practice, Physicians, Family
Abstract
Family practice is seen as having two dimensions: the job and the work" At the level of the job the doctor is assured of an income; at the level of work his input and his reward come indirectly and involve a great deal mare. The changes in American medicine are discussed, considering the costs involved, the role of hospitals, the excess of physicians, the influence of competition and corporate capitalism in medical care. Finally it is argued that medicine should, continue to be a moral discipline; else it becomes the exercise of raw power, ultimately inhuman and demonic.
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