In Their Own Words: 12,000 Physicians Reveal Their Thoughts on Medical Practice in America
Autor Phillip Miller Louis J. Goodman, Timothy B. Norbecken Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 ian 2010
In Their Own Words invites you to become ¬doctor for a day‾ and see medical practice from the physiciansΣ perspective. Drawing on one of the largest physician surveys ever undertaken, ¬In Their Own Words‾ offers insights from hundreds of doctors, who reveal in candid comments exactly how they feel about being physicians and why it matters to patients.
Read why:
* Close to half of all doctors plan to opt out of medical practice in the next one to three years, or reduce the number of patients they see.
* Many physicians are compelled to close their practices to Medicare and other patients
* Health reform could reduce access to physicians
* Most physicians would not recommend medicine as a career
* Many physicians say they are strained to the breaking point
A wake up call for policy makers and the public, ¬In Their Own Words‾ reveals why what doctors think about the practice of medicine matters to anyone who cares about the quality and availability of healthcare in America today. If you have ever been a patient or are ever likely to be one, read In Their Own Words.
Read why:
* Close to half of all doctors plan to opt out of medical practice in the next one to three years, or reduce the number of patients they see.
* Many physicians are compelled to close their practices to Medicare and other patients
* Health reform could reduce access to physicians
* Most physicians would not recommend medicine as a career
* Many physicians say they are strained to the breaking point
A wake up call for policy makers and the public, ¬In Their Own Words‾ reveals why what doctors think about the practice of medicine matters to anyone who cares about the quality and availability of healthcare in America today. If you have ever been a patient or are ever likely to be one, read In Their Own Words.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781600377303
ISBN-10: 1600377300
Pagini: 143
Dimensiuni: 139 x 218 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Morgan James Publishing
ISBN-10: 1600377300
Pagini: 143
Dimensiuni: 139 x 218 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Morgan James Publishing
Notă biografică
Phillip Miller serves as Vice President of Communications for Merritt Hawkins & Associates, the largest physician search and consulting firm in the United States and an AMN Healthcare company. AMN Healthcare is the nationΣs largest healthcare staffing organization. Mr. Miller has over 20 years of corporate communications and public relations experience and has been cited on healthcare staffing issues in U.S. News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal, People, USA Today and many other news outlets. Mr. Miller has authored numerous articles on healthcare staffing and is co-author of three books on physician staffing and supply, including Will the Last Physician in America Please Turn Off the Lights? A Look at AmericaΣs Looming Physician Shortage; Merritt Hawkins & AssociatesΣ Guide to Physician Recruiting, and Have Stethoscope, Will Travel: Staff CareΣs Guide to Locum Tenens.
Descriere
Physicians offer candid, insightful comments as they reflect on their profession, in this work that looks at what it's like to be a doctor in today's highly regulated and often dysfunctional healthcare system.