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Barken, Frederick M. (Frederick Mitchell), 1955-
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Primary care (Medicine) -- Practice -- United States.
Physicians (General practice) -- United States.
Physician and patient -- United States.
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Out of practice : fi...
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Out of practice : fighting for primary care medicine in America / Frederick M. Barken.
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Barken, Frederick M. (Frederick Mitchell), 1955-
Ithaca [N.Y.] : ILR Press, 2011.
Subjects
Primary care (Medicine) -- Practice -- United States.
Physicians (General practice) -- United States.
Physician and patient -- United States.
ISBN:
9780801449765 (cloth : alk. paper) :
0801449766 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Culture and politics of health care work.
Description:
xi, 244 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
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.
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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.
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Hawaii State Library
Business, Science & Technology
610.68 Ba
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04/06/2013
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