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Big Doctoring in America

Profiles in Primary Care

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

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The general practitioner was once America's doctor. The GP delivered babies, removed gallbladders, and sat by the bedsides of the dying. But as the twentieth century progressed, the pattern of medical care in the United States changed dramatically. By the 1960s, the GP was almost extinct. The later part of the twentieth century, however, saw a rebirth of the idea of the GP in the form of primary care practitioners. In this engrossing collection of oral histories and provocative essays about the past and future of generalism in health care, Fitzhugh Mullan - a pediatrician, writer, and historian - argues that primary care is a fascinating, important, and still endangered calling. In conveying the personal voices of primary care practitioners, Mullan sheds light on the political and economic contradictions that confront American medicine. Mullan interviewed dozens of primary care practitioners - family physicians, internists, pediatricians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants - asking them about their lives and their work.He explains how, during the last forty years, the primary care movement has emerged built on the principles of 'big doctoring' - coordinated, comprehensive care over time. This book is essential reading for understanding core issues of the current health care dilemma. As our country struggles with managed care, market reforms, and cost containment strategies in medicine, "Big Doctoring in America" provides an engrossing and illuminating look at those in the trenches of the profession.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2004-09-13
Mått152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt408 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCalifornia/Milbank Books on Health and the Public
Antal sidor275
FörlagUniversity of California Press
ISBN9780520243316

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Hälso- och sjukvård inom Medicin
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Fitzhugh Mullan, M.D. is Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health at George Washington University and a contributing editor of the journal Health Affairs. He is the author of Plagues and Politics: The Story of the United States Public Health Service (1989), Vital Signs: A Young Physician's Struggle with Cancer (1983), and White Coat, Clenched Fist: The Political Education of an American Physician (1976).

Contents Introduction 1. Primary Care Roots 2. The New GPs: The Family Physician Comes of Age Eugene McGregor, M.D.: A Legacy of General Practice Connie Adler, M.D.: Living Rural Medicine Neil Calman, M.D.: Urban Warrior 3. Roots Rediscovered: The Internist and the Pediatrician as Generalists Beach Conger, M.D.: Caretaker and Contrarian Linda Headrick, M.D.: Seeking a Common Language in Primary Care Selma Deitch, M.D., M.P.H.: Children First 4. The New Clinicians: Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Therese Hidalgo, C.F.N.P.: Proud to Be a Nurse Carl Toney, P.A.: Building a New Profession Holly Gerlaugh, F.N.P., P.A.-C.: A One-Woman Merger 5. The System Doctors: Managed Care and Primary Care Sam Ho, M.D.: Idealist, Innovator, Entrepreneur Sallyann Bowman, M.D.: A Philadelphia Story Gwen Wagstrom Halaas, M.D., M.B.A.: Evidence-Based Doctoring 6. The Quixote Factor: Generalists Doing Special Battle William Kapla, M.D.: Life and Death in San Francisco Barbara Ross-Lee, D.O.: Ground Breaker Janelle Goetcheus, M.D.: Doctor Succor 7. Building a Better Future: The Case for Primary Care Acknowledgments Notes Index

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