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  • Barken, Frederick M. (Frederick Mitchell), 1955-
     
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  • Primary care (Medicine) -- Practice -- United States.
     
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  • Physicians (General practice) -- United States.
     
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  • Physician and patient -- United States.
     
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    Out of practice : fighting for primary care medicine in America / Frederick M. Barken.
    by Barken, Frederick M. (Frederick Mitchell), 1955-
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    Ithaca [N.Y.] : ILR Press, 2011.
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  • Primary care (Medicine) -- Practice -- United States.
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  • Physicians (General practice) -- United States.
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  • Physician and patient -- United States.
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    9780801449765 (cloth : alk. paper) :
    0801449766 (cloth : alk. paper)
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    Culture and politics of health care work.
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    xi, 244 p. ; 24 cm.
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    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 LibraryBusiness, Science & Technology610.68 BaLost04/06/2013Add Copy to MyList


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