Out of practice : fighting for primary care medicine in America

Barken, Frederick M. (Frederick Mitchell) 1955- (Author).

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 0801449766 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780801449765 (cloth : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xi, 244 p. ; 24 cm.
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Publisher: Ithaca [N.Y.] : ILR Press, 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.