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Out of practice : fighting for primary care medicine in America / Frederick M. Barken.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barken, Frederick M. (Frederick Mitchell), 1955-
- Series:
- Culture and politics of health care work.
- The culture and politics of health care work
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Primary care (Medicine)--Practice--United States.
- Primary care (Medicine).
- Physicians (General practice)--United States.
- Physicians (General practice).
- Physician and patient--United States.
- Physician and patient.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : ILR Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 'Out of Practice', Frederick Barken juxtaposes his personal experience with the latest research on the transformations taking place in the field of medicine.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 0-8014-6108-1
- 0-8014-6060-3
- OCLC:
- 732957088
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