The Secret(s) of Good Patient Care - Thoughts on Medicine in the 21st Century

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Preface: Medicine in the 20th Century: An Era of Transformation
The Doctoring Career
Choosing Medicine
(Medical) School Days
The Rituals of Residency
Decisions, Decisions
Purviews of Professionalism
Patient Care: The Process
Evaluating Diagnosis
Treatise on Treatment
A Pound of Prevention
Whither the H&P?
Practice Styles
The Listening Skill
The Humble Factor
Micro World Matters
House Calls
Who's in Charge, Doctor or Patient?
The Generalist/Specialist Dichotomy
Records of Continuing Care
Dealing with Death and Dying
Ethics and Patient Care
The Big Picture
Doctoring: Science or Art?
Elite or Egalitarian?
Science 'n Technology
Data--and Death Certificates
The AQC Triad
FFS versus PPC
Hospitals--An Identity Crisis
Afterword: Medicine in the 21st Century: Prescription for Caring

Info autore

William Campbell Felch M.D.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: William C. Felch, Felch William Campbell
• Editore: Bloomsbury
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.01.1996
• EAN: 9780275954482
• ISBN: 978-0-275-95448-2
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; USA, Medicine: general issues, MEDICAL / General, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, United States of America, USA, Health and Wellness: Medicine